Zaka Asif – Athens Science Observer

Crowd-funded Dams

athenssciencecafe — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:04:16 +0000

Infrastructure development is a major issue in many countries of the developing world. Countries with developing economies often suffer from a negative balance of trade and weak institutions, making lenders unwilling to lend. Governments of these countries are forced to borrow with heavy interest rates, further increasing budget deficits. This cyclical economic problem […]

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Antibiotic Resistance.. Let’s Talk About It

athenssciencecafe — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:56:55 +0000

You wake up one morning with a sore throat and a runny nose. Let’s say this goes on for a couple of days; you go to a doctor and discover you have a bacterial infection. You are prescribed antibiotics and after a couple of days of taking them, you start feeling better. Now imagine another […]

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Dead Zones… Are They a Problem?

athenssciencecafe — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:21:40 +0000

Continuing from my previous post, I want to talk about real life examples of climate change and its effects on the world around us. The idea for this particular post came to me when I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a video about a dead zone near the coast of Oman. It made me […]

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When Climate Change Becomes ‘Real’

athenssciencecafe — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:56:47 +0000

Sometimes, in the debate around climate change, we forget that it has a real impact on real people who we care about. Sometimes, we forget about the effect it can have on us, such as I did when I opened the news one summer morning in 2015. It was a real shock for me to […]

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