Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Friday, June 30, 2017

Difference between Climate and Weather

A lot of us tend to think that Climate and Weather are the same. I have heard some people even asking others, "How's the Climate today?" and the other party doesn't know what to say.

Well, the confusion is somehow justified as well because both the words refer to the same natural phenomena, but the different lies in their measurement time.

To put it in simple words, Climate is Weather over a long period of time, like 6 months or a year or even many years, whereas Weather is the instant phenomenon at a given hour or a day. Weather often changes frequently at many places during the day, sometimes changing every 15 minutes as well. However, on a longer average, climate doesn't change that frequently. If it changes that frequently, then it's doomsday for us.

Hence Global Warming is also referred to as Climate Change and not Weather change.

Next time when you greet someone, say "How's the Weather today?"

Cheers.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Why is the US worried about a bean grown in India


Usually, the US should be worried about making their economy bounce back, as double dip recession still haunts them and unemployment rate is at an all time high. But then I read about something which is amazingly surprising.

The US is actually worried about the escalating cost of Guar Bean grown in India's State of Rajasthan and the reason why they are worried is because this little crop has the ability to escalate the cost of oil extraction in US.

Oil Fields in Texas use a gum like substance made from Guar bean to use a technique called as Fracking, which enables them to pump oil more than 10000 feet below the ground. With a failed monsoon in India and the fear of an impending crop shortage, the price of this bean has escalated from USD 2 per KG to USD 30 per kg in recent months, and this is making the Americans shit in their pants.

Guess you can't shun us Americans, Can you?