Best Environmental Website Of Pakistan
Hunza Valley, a picturesque region surrounded by the Karakoram mountain range of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, is famous for its breathtaking and unparalleled beautiful landscapes, unique culture, and sustainable practices. However, with the passage of time, Hunza valley is facing many different challenges, and one of them is increasing pollution, due to tourism influx, new developmental projects, […]
What is Sand Mining? Sand mining is a process of extracting sand from shallow shores of beaches, seas or oceans. Sand is also removed from river and ocean beds, digging pits along with from sand dunes or dredges. Oftentimes it is also extracted from coastal shores of beaches and therefore, is also known as Beach […]
What is Biochar? Biochar is the word used to define the charcoal formed from the pyrolysis (thermal decomposition) of various types of organic matter but specifically biological constituents like plants or vegetation etc. The main purpose of this charcoal- biochar that is produced this way is to store it in the soil for carbon sequestration. […]
Current Environmental Issues In Pakistan: Aside from the more common environmental issues of air pollution, water pollution, smog, illegal and improper waste dumping in numerous landfill sites, along with increasing urbanization that is readily reducing cultivation space. This results in more deforestation. The consequences of that can be felt widely on ecosystems, wildlife, habitats, flora […]
Land and Soil Pollution in Pakistan: Land/soil pollution in Pakistan is very prevalent. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has stated numerous time about the intensity and quality of land and soil in Pakistan has only continued to worsen. The Soil has a high concentration of alluvium, pesticides, chemical fertilizers and non-organic matter that cause […]
Introduction: In order for a golf course to be built, a lot of land needs to be cleared up just for one. This usually leads to removing a lot of trees, vegetation and involves disturbing and getting rid of natural habitats that may be present over there. Although this happens whenever humans initiate any level […]
Introduction: What are Coral Reefs? Why are they Important? Coral reefs are primarily an underwater ecosystem that are home to a vast variety of aquatic flora and fauna. They are made by an invertebrate animal called the coral polyp that can either form large colonies composed of many coral skeletons or be singular. Thousands of […]
What is meant by ‘Seaweed Farming’? Simply put, seaweed farming refers to the farming or growing of seaweed -or kelp as it is alternatively known as- underwater. The term refers to general flowering plants submerged in the waters usually in seas and oceans including all sorts of grasses and even marine algae. Seaweed farming can […]
Introduction: The rising global carbon dioxide emissions, hotter temperatures are the characteristics of Global warming which in turn is driving our overall climate to change. This climate change subsequently causes our regional weather patterns to be altered significantly. Enough that they often result in extreme weather events like heavy rainfall, irregular monsoon patterns, floods, cyclones […]
Brief Background of the Russia-Ukraine War- When and Why: The international conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been going on since 20th February, 2014. On 24th February 2022, in a major escalation of the war, Russia invaded Ukraine and occupied parts of it. The reason that prompted Russia to act this way is because Russia […]