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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : Town Mouse Country Mouse

Hridaan celebrates Diwali and wishes all Happy Diwali. He keeps reading his favorite Books and here’s one for Read Along Sundays.

Hridaan reads Aesops Fable ‘Town Mouse and the Country Mouse on Diwali Day. The town mouse and the country mouse moral lesson is that it is better to live a peaceful life that has little and is secure than to live in a luxury that can end any moment in disaster. Although the town mouse had an abundant variety of delicious food, he had to always live in the fear that it would all go away.

This is in Association to Ahmedabad Book Club on Insta @ahmbookclub , @kidsfreesouls , #swagatchildrenlibrary

Have a nice weekend.

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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : Henny Penny

Hridaan Patel read along HENNY PENNY- also known as Chicken Licken is a European folk tale originally written by Paul Galdone. The acorn hit the head of Henny Penny- Yankees! Goodness gracious me! The sky is falling down thought Henny Penny and set off to tell the King. On way, met others who joined the bandwagon. Alas, they got trapped with vicious Foxy Loxy. And then, Listen to Hridaan as he tells the story.

The moral is clear – Do not be a fool, nor believe fools. Also be courageous and don’t panic is situations. Do not run around thinking absurd but be brave and use your mind.

This is in Association to Ahmedabad Book Club, Swagat Children Library, Kidsfreesouls

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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : Cherry the Confident Cat

Hridaan Patel reads along Cherry The Confident Cat. A very simple and Easy reading story for Hridaan.

The Moral is simple yet very bold – Be Confident, Have Confidence. Lacking of this makes a big negative difference. Quote obvious, the growth of a child lies in building Pillars of success and one is Confidence. ‘Hridaan says, Hope you like my stories. If so, do comment. He is eager to know…

This is in Association to Ahmedabad Book Club, Swagat Children Library, Kidsfreesouls

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Sundays with Hridaan : Robby Rabbit Learns to be Responsible

Hridaan reads Moral Stories Retold by Miles Kelly – Robby Rabbit Learns to be Responsible.

As children get older, they develop better understanding of the importance of being responsible for their behavior and their belongings.This story is all about learning to be Responsible and take responsibilities.

SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN is in Association to Ahmedabad Book Club @ahmbookclub @Kidsfreesouls @Swagat Children Library

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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : The Little Red Hen

Hridaan reads a story ‘The Little Red Hen’ from The Children’s Illustrated Treasury of The Classic Animal Tales and Rhymes.

The Little Red Hen is an American fable first collected by Mary Mapes Dodge in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1874. The story is meant to teach children the importance of hard work and personal initiative. Consequences of Laziness is always being a loser. Excited about the tale, Hridaan learns and conveys a message of working hard and helping others. Its never good to be lazy. This Read Along SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN is in Association to @ahmbookclub on Instagram, on FB (http://facebook.com/ahmedabadbookclub), Kidsfreesouls and Swagat Children Library

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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : The Princess and the Pea

Hridaan Patel will be reading The Princess and the Pea at Swagat Children Library and his own Page on Facebook :

October 11, 2020 at 12.00 Noon

The story is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her sensitivity.The most common belief is that Hans Christian Andersen meant it to poke a little fun at nobles for being over-sensitive, high demanding individuals, portraying that something as small as a pea under their mattress would put them out of sorts. Others take a kinder look at it and claim the Princess’s physical sensitivity was a metaphor that she would be sensitive to others and rule the kingdom well—thus being a “real” princess.

Sundays with Hridaan now Associates with Ahmedabad Book Club(@ahmbookclub on Insta) to spread Joys of Reading and spread Positivity and Swagat Children Library

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SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN : Peppa goes Skiing

All time favorite of Children – Hridaan Patel reads Peppa Pig goes skiing.

Who doesn’t love Peppa? They need no introduction. It’s the favorite Peppa Pig show on TV for kids. However, the Peppa Book Reading is just perfect for kids 5-9 years. Recycling Fun, Pottery, Painting, Library, Numbers, Shake Rattle and Bang, Chloe’s Big friends, The Quarrel, Fun Fair, Chatterbox and so many episodes are just fantabulous and kids love them all. So does Hridaan.

Hridaan Patel’s stories are featured in You Tube Kids – exclusively for KIDS and give a safer online experience for kids. You can downloand YOU TUBE KIDS from Playstore and Enjoy these stories and other programs as well.

Hridaan Patel’s stories appear on Facebook at Swagat Children Library and Kidsfreesouls Pages. Hridaan is also on Instagram at Ilaxi Patel’s Business account.

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Earth Talk :On Solar Storms

Dear EarthTalk: Are there any environmental or health risks associated with the solar storms that have been hitting the Earth recently?  — Betsy R., Suwanee, GA

Solar storms have been in the news lately, but the truth is these naturally occurring solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun happen all the time—or at least a few hundred times a year from what we can tell here on Earth. They are caused by large-scale magnetic eruptions from the Sun that send particles into the atmosphere at high speeds. But luckily for us, the only threats these solar storms pose within the Earth’s atmosphere are to our technology. 

According to the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), harmful radiation from these flares can’t pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground; however, when intense enough, they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. Both CMEs and solar flares, if powerful enough, have this disrupting effect. 

“When a CME strikes Earth’s atmosphere, it causes a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetic field,” reports Deborah Byrd, editor of the EarthSky.org website. “The charged particles can slam into our atmosphere, disrupt satellites in orbit and even cause them to fail, and bathe high-flying airplanes with radiation.” Besides disrupting navigation and telecommunications systems, solar storms can also cause electricity blackouts down below on Earth. One example happened in Quebec on March 13, 1989. A particularly strong CME caused a power failure that stretched across Quebec and parts of the Northeastern U.S., blacking out the region for nine hours and affecting six million people in the process.  

The technological effects of solar storms can be worrisome, but scientists can track and predict these storms in order to mediate their potential negative impacts on a region. Additionally, one positive result of solar storms in places that lie at higher latitudes is the appearance of the radiant Aurora borealis (also known as the Northern Lights) during these phenomena.

While there have been plenty of solar storms lately, this year actually marks a low-point for such activity—a so-called Solar Minimum—in the solar cycle. The Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts that the next peak of solar activity will be in July of 2025.

Amateur astronomers interested in tracking solar storms should check out SpaceWeatherLive.com, a non-profit, all-volunteer project out of Belgium which coordinates information from several websites on a range of topics including astronomy, space, aurora and related subjects. One of the site’s cool features is a free glimpse into the last three days of solar storm activity hitting the Earth’s atmosphere.

If you would like to become more involved in the process of tracking solar storms, the Solar Stormwatch II project led by University of Reading in England looks for volunteers to help record data. Volunteers can virtually aid the project by observing CME data and imagery on the project’s website and recording/outlining what they see. 

CONTACTS: EarthSky, www.earthsky.org; SpaceWeatherLive.com, spaceweatherlive.com; Solar Stormswatch II, zooniverse.org/projects/shannon-/solar-stormwatch-ii.

EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

EarthTalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. See more at https://emagazine.com. To donate, visit https//earthtalk.org. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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Earth Talk : How will global warming change the distribution of trees across the continental U.S.?

Dear EarthTalk: How will global warming change the distribution of trees across the continental U.S.? Which types of trees and forests are most at risk? – Mike Powers, Golden, CO

It’s true that climate change is already affecting tree distribution and forest cover in the United States (as well as everywhere), but only time will tell which tree species are most successful at adapting and whether we will lose significant amounts of forest cover overall.

“A walk in the woods or a stroll on a tree-lined street could be a very different experience just a few decades from now,” says U.S. Forest Service researcher Stephanie Worley Firley. “Higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and longer growing seasons predicted for the future could require that some tree species will have to move—or be moved—into new areas where habitat will be more suitable.” She adds that some tree species may be able to stay in place by adapting to new conditions, but many others are unlikely to be able to adapt and “may succumb to the pressures of climate change.”

One example of an iconic tree species that is already suffering from the effects of climate change is the Quaking Aspen, the most widely distributed tree species in North America. To day the tree is still common in higher elevation regions of Colorado and Utah as well as throughout the rest of the American West, but that might change in the coming decades. Researchers have been tracking the decline of aspens in Colorado for at least 20 years at the hands of climate change and related stressors. Given their shallow root systems, aspens are particularly sensitive to drought; warmer, drier weather overall as a result of global warming means more drought and more trouble for the trees moving forward. Researchers worry that aspens may be gone from the southern (and driest) band of its range within decades, and foresee drastic declines in the tree’s overall distribution as temperatures inch up, drought pervades and forest fires rage throughout the region.

Another iconic tree that has already been hit hard by global warming is the Sugar maple, famous as the source of Vermont maple syrup. Warmer winters have already shortened the syrup “tapping” season by more than 10% and if the trend continues there won’t be enough winter to sustain the $200 million/year Vermont maple syrup industry. Some other tree species on the ropes thanks to climate change include Balsam fir, Black ash, Paper birch, White pine, Tamarack and Red spruce.

Researchers from the North Carolina-based Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center are using forest inventory and analysis data from the U.S. Forest Service to compare where tree species occur presently with a wider range of where they could move or expand given rising temperatures and other changing landscape conditions. By looking at how landscape, weather and temperature conditions will change over the next three decades based on a conservative model of climate change, the researchers can start to project where the most suitable conditions for different types of trees might occur across the country by 2050. This kind of knowledge can help land managers prepare for the changes coming and can help planners map out forward-looking, climate-friendly zoning patterns.

EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

CONTACTS: A Review of the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr235/psw_gtr235.pdf; Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, forestthreats.org.

EarthTalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. See more at https://emagazine.com. To donate, visit https//earthtalk.org. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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Earth Talk : West coast wildfires

Dear EarthTalk : I am sickened by all the death, destruction and misery resulting from the West Coast wildfires, but aren’t these blazes actually beneficial to the environment?     — B.T., Helena, MT

Some landscapes evolved with periodic wildfires as an influential force, and people have been using “prescribed burns” (the controlled application of fire under specified weather conditions) to restore health to certain types of ecosystems for millennia. But while some fires in some places might be beneficial, the wholesale torching of the forests of the American West right now is far from beneficial overall—not to mention a sure sign that our profligate ways with carbon emissions are coming back to haunt us.

On the plus side, forest fire does clear away the tinder-like overgrown understory that has resulted from years of forest management that avoided fire at all cost. Hundreds of years ago, many of the forests now on fire in California, Oregon and Washington had fewer yet larger and healthier trees. But these days, partly thanks to fire suppression regimes as well as other factors, forests are more crowded today with smaller, less healthy trees. It’s also harder for those remaining mature, established trees to compete for nutrients and space with all the undergrowth that’s built up in recent decades. In these situations, small manageable fires (or even better, prescribed burns) cannot only be beneficial, but can help prevent larger fires down the road by clearing the weaker, smaller trees.

Another benefit of wildfire is the clearing of overgrown underbrush to make room for new grasses, herbs and regenerated shrubs that provide food and habitat for many wildlife species. Also, the removal of thick stands of shrubs increases the water supply for the remaining larger plants and trees—and also allows streams and rivers to swell, further benefiting ever-thirsty native flora and fauna.

Yet another benefit of fire is that it kills off fungi, bacteria, viruses and insects that can decimate tree and plant communities and entire forest ecosystems. According to CalFire, California’s statewide wildfire management agency, more trees die from insect infestation and disease than from wildfire; some fire actually helps keep forests devoid of such pests and healthier overall than without fire. CalFire points out that vegetation burned by wildfire provides a rich source of nutrients that nourish surviving trees and soil.

And periodic fire can be an important way to keep certain ecosystems in balance. Many trees have evolved with fire and some even require it for seed germination; a few species even sport leaves covered with flammable resins (manzanita, scrub oak, chamise) to encourage fires that help seed the next generation. 

National Geographic reports that, surprisingly, wildlife casualties tend to be low during wildfire events, as animals—especially those native to the areas on-fire and evolved to respond to the threat—either burrow in the ground or flee to safer areas instinctively. But invasive plants and animals may not fare as well given lack of genetic imprinting to be on alert for the threat.

Once the smoke clears on 2020’s horrific fire season, mass human and wildlife casualties could be the new normal. Global warming certainly has thrown the fire season into overdrive this year across California, Oregon and Washington, whether or not the Trump administration cares to admit it.

EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

CONTACTS: CalFire, fire.ca.gov; “The Ecological Benefits of Fire,” nationalgeographic.org/article/ecological-benefits-fire.

EarthTalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. See more at https://emagazine.com. To donate, visit https//earthtalk.org. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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