Introduction: Our planet has a lot of water but only around 2.5% of it is freshwater and even then, the majority of this freshwater is locked away in ice caps and glaciers leaving behind only around 0.3% of freshwater on the surface. With the sear level rise and glaciers melting, we are also losing our […]
Water and Women: Gender Inequality and Environmental Justice
Gender Inequality and Environmental Justice: Gender inequality usually means that for women it is more difficult to obtain natural resources and use them on land due to restricted access or inability to use them that makes it difficult to fight against or even simply deal with environmental changes and other climatic issues they have to […]
10 New Innovative Water Purification Ideas and Techniques
Drinking water is crucial for survival for life on Earth so it is obvious that there should be plenty of drinking water and that too clean drinking water if humanity wants to survive on this planet. But unfortunately humans have destroyed fresh water resources due to their selfishness and greedy activities, which has caused degradation […]
Climate Change Is Increasing Water Scarcity Around The World
INTRODUCTION Human-induced climate change is showing its negative consequences all around the globe. Out of many serious environmental issues, water scarcity would remain a prime problem. Water shortage, water stress, or water scarcity, all these terms are similar that describes the severity of the problem. Overuse, inappropriate agriculture practices, urbanization, human population, industrialization, water pollution […]
Sources and Effects of Common Water Pollutants
INTRODUCTION Water Pollutant: Any contaminant that degrades the quality of drinking water is a water pollutant. To know more about water pollution, read the following article: Water pollution– Sources, Effects, and Control TYPES OF WATER POLLUTANTS: There are different types of water pollution depending upon the particular source. There are various categories of water pollutants […]
Dire Need of Sea Water Desalination Plants in Baluchistan Pakistan
Introduction The whole world is going to face water scarcity issues in near future due to continuous depleting water reserves. The seawater is been looking like a solution to the problem. Many countries around the world don’t have sufficient resources for freshwater so they rely on desalination plants. For more information on Pakistan’s current and […]
Dire Need of Sea Water Desalination Plants in Sindh Pakistan
Introduction Saline Water: It is defined as water with a high concentration of dissolved sodium chloride or salts. Sodium chloride is the chemical name of salt. Seawater is an example of saline water. Negative Effects of Using Saline Water: The use of saline water causes many health problems such as high blood pressure, kidney damage, […]
Dangerous levels of Radon found in drinking water in District Bannu
A recently published study found out that the levels of Radon found in water samples from Bannu District, Pakistan is higher than the acceptable limit. Inert/radioactive gas radon could have severe health complications if consumed in high concentration. The researchers analyzed various groundwater samples from the target area and assessed health issues linked with radon […]