My Writings
Feel free to have a browse of all my blog posts listed below. Hope you enjoy reading and learning!
A Critical View of Renewable Technologies
Introduction: The production of electricity and heat is responsible for a significant fraction of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that are produced every year globally. For instance, approximately 41.7% of annual GHG emissions come from energy used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings, according to Our World in Data. When you are aware of this,…
Climate Change (2) – A Much Warmer Earth
Introduction: This is the second instalment in my climate change series and today we will be exploring the impact of what I believe to be the most likely global average temperature increase by 2100. Estimates about the current global average surface temperature vary but the range is between 1.1⁰C- 1.3⁰C in 2022 relative to a…
Temperature and Salinity Tolerances of Geochemically Important Micro-organisms
Abstract This dissertation sets out to answer multiple different questions. Do species that have similar 16S rRNA genes inhabit similar environments in terms of the temperature and salinities they will have to tolerate? Do extremophiles (whether tolerant to extreme heat or salinity) have a broader range of environments that they can inhabit relative to non-extremophiles?…
Afghanistan: An Overview and a Comment
Introduction: On the 15th August 2021, Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, fell into the grip of the Taliban. The Fall of Kabul was accompanied with images and videos depicting a mass panicked exodus of Afghans from the city via Kabul Airport and reports of the abandonment of the various embassies that hosted the retreating countries.…
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The Wrong Opinion 