Best Environmental Website Of Pakistan
Pakistan’s rivers carry more than just water. Along with sewage and industrial waste, they now carry medicine residues and plastic debris. This mix is quietly helping the dangerous bacteria grow stronger and harder to treat. Antibiotic resistance is usually discussed as a hospital issue. In reality, it is also an environmental issue. In Pakistan, polluted […]
The Silent Predators: How Open Manholes are Claiming Lives and Eroding Pakistan’s Urban Future In the bustling streets of Pakistan’s major metropolises, a silent and deadly predator lurks in plain sight. From the narrow alleyways of Karachi’s Lyari to the busy intersections of Lahore’s Ferozepur Road, open manholes and uncovered drainage pits have become a […]
Introduction: In a single hydro infrastructure project, multipurpose dams integrate two or more usual one-use dams’ activities. A multipurpose dam project can serve multiple purposes, including flood control, power production, navigation, run-off storage, and water discharge regulation, in addition to storing and delivering water for irrigation, industry, and human use. Multipurpose dams are built using […]
What are Environment Smart Cities, Green Structures and Sustainable Materials? The rapid and relentless pace of urbanization poses one of the 21st century’s most profound challenges. As more people gravitate toward city living, the strain on resources, infrastructure, and the environment intensifies. This is where the concept of the Environment Smart City emerges, representing a […]
What is meant by Biochar? Biochar is basically comprised of 2 words Bio which means ‘living’ and -Char which implies the formation of charcoal in anaerobic conditions. Thus implying that biochar is formed from living or biological material. It is a carbon-rich material. To put it in a straightforward manner; Biochar means- “Charcoal that is […]
Introduction: While we debate over water shortages and argue about dirty pipelines, a different crisis is unfolding beneath the surface. Chemicals that quietly disrupt our hormones and health. These chemicals are known as endocrine disruptors, whichare found in everyday items around us. Plastics in food containers, pesticides, untreated industrial waste, medicines, and even personal-care products […]
Shared Environmental Resources: What Does It Mean? It refers to the environmental resources that do not belong to, or are owned by one specific individual, corporation or country. These are international shared natural resources present in the environment.Shared environmental resources at a national level however, may include the resources present in a specific country that […]
What is Environmental Science? First of all let us understand what exactly is the subject of Environmental Science about. Environmental Science is a multi-disciplinary subject/field in which students are taught a variety of subjects with a base in Chemistry particularly, so it is a science based degree and being a field of study that touches […]
What Is Meant By ‘Environmental Racism’? Environmental Racism is also known as Ecological Apartheid. The term- Environmental Racism refers to making policies or taking decisions related to the environment in a way that effects a certain group of people more negatively than other groups of people. The effect of environmental racism is disproportionate as only […]
Introduction: Pakistan’s coastal waters, especially around Karachi and Gwadar, are silently suffocating. Each year, thousands of tons of untreated sewage, industrial and agricultural wastes end up in the Arabian Sea. Karachi alone produces 472 Million Gallons per day of waste water, of which only 55 MGD is treated and the rest is discharged into the […]