The kind of land use and intensity of its change is considered as important desertification indices in different models. Land use change is one of the main anthropogenic factors in the desertification. The current research was carried out around Imam Khomeini airport, with an area of 32000 km2, in order to evaluate mentioned area's land use changes effects during 1955-2003 on desertification. T...

Andrew Odlyzko’s article “Isaac Newton and the perils of financial South Sea” (Physics Today, July 2020, page 30) is more than just a fascinating read about speculation time. It also, perhaps unintentionally, commentary on society’s assumptions scientists.Why would we expect to excel in speculation? Because his mastery mathematics complex natural systems work at Royal Mint? Perhaps. Furthermore...