Category Archives: Environment

The abandoned Chaiten town

Chaiten town lying at the foot of the volcano that erupted early May after thousands of years, is now wrecked completely and abandoned by its inhabitants. This is one of the most modern day examples of volcanic devastation. Do you recall the TV serial ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’. The prosperous Roman city ‘Pompeii’ was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Fighting ‘Global Warming’ but not the wrong way

Global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has increased from a pre-industrial value of about 280 ppm to 379 ppm in 2005. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. It traps the sun rays in the atmosphere that should in other way reflect back to the space. But as the rays are trapped, the atmospheric temperature increases – ‘global warming’.

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