The consistency of winter brings nostalgic warmth as we cuddle up by the fireplace with a hot cup of cocoa and look out at the snow-covered scenery. But in recent years, the highly unpredictable patterns of winter brought forth by climate change have completely turned upside down our seasonal expectations. The calendar, which used to […]
Disastrous Impact Of SUVs And Luxury Cars On The Environment
Impacts of SUVs and Luxury Cars – Production to Use SUVs are heavy-duty, high energy powered vehicles generally used for off-road transport and sporting events. Luxury cars like SUVs are also reliant on much more fuel and in both cases the manufacturers do not have sustainability or environmental concerns in mind. These are generally made […]
What exactly is Global Boiling? – Causes, Effects, Solutions
What is meant by the term : Global Boiling? In July 2023, the reports of July being the hottest month on record ever since we started keeping track of global temperatures caused the Secretary General of the UN- Antonio Guetteres to remark that the era of global warming has ended and that the era of […]
What Are Pakistan’s Biggest Environmental Challenges?
How is Pakistan Affected By Climate Change: Pakistan is globally a low carbon emitter however, in terms of the adverse effects of the climate change, Pakistan is suffering from a lot of severe issues mainly that of, but not limited to increased heat, glacial lake outburst flooding in the mountains and Himalayan regions, droughts along […]
Deadly Tourism Season in Pakistan’s Northern Areas 2023
Introduction: Pakistan has been a popular tourism destination since 2018 before the growing tourism industry came to a halt due to the pandemic. After 2021, the industry picked its pace back due to more locals and foreigners wanting to travel after the pandemic lockdowns worldwide. However, with the rising instances of extreme weather events and […]
Exploring Pakistan’s Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Closer Look
In recent years, Pakistan has faced a series of disasters, notably the devastating flood of 2022, which has strikingly highlighted the increasing impacts of climate change. As these events unfold, it becomes clear that the technologies available to manage these challenges are unfortunately limited. This is a call to action that we simply cannot afford […]
Climate Change Is Causing Emergence and Spread Of Diseases
Introduction: How is Climate Change linked to the Emergence and Spread of Disease? As burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO2 worsens the greenhouse effect; it is expected that the average global temperature will increase by 1-2 °C by 2100. As a result, in the upcoming decades, there will be […]
LK-99 Potential for Environmental Protection and Restoration
What is LK-99? LK-99 is a so called, potential super conductor at room temperature that has recently been discovered by a team of researchers from South Korea. A material that is called a superconductor is different from a normal conductor (of heat and electricity such as metals) because a material capable of superconductivity has no […]
Water Scarcity in Pakistan: Reasons, Solutions and Contributions of the Judiciary for the Cause
On the Road to Parchedness Seventy-six years since independence and Pakistan continues to encounter different predicaments each day. Sometimes in the face of terrorism, sometimes economic crisis, sometimes political instability, however, the emerging water scarcity crisis which Pakistan faces today had never been foreseen. Unfortunately, this catastrophe has the potential of not only casting deleterious […]
Severe Devastating Monsoon Floods in Yarkhoon Valley Chitral
Yarkhoon valley is located in the district Chitral, KPK and is an administrative unit. The valley consists of a total of 39 villages and many small settlements. As the Monsoon season has been ongoing since early July as forecasted by the PMD, it has now reached its peak with various villages suffering from flash floods […]