Introduction: What are Pesticides? How many Types of Pesticides are there? Pesticides are the chemicals manufactured and used for the purpose of killing pests- any animal, plant or organism that harms the crops and human health and are unwanted. Pesticides are of 4 types: Fungicides, Insecticides, Herbicides and Rodenticides. There are some others as well […]
What is E-Waste or Electronic Waste? – Sources and Impacts
What Is Meant By Electronic Waste? Also known as E-waste, electronic waste is the waste generated from electronic appliances when they are disposed off or discarded as waste. It includes the various internal circuit boards, silicon chips etc., that can potentially be reused or recycled. Electronic Waste further involves all sort of various different equipment […]
What is Plastic Pollution? – Sources, Effects and Solutions
Introduction: What is meant by Plastic Pollution? Plastic pollution is exactly what its name tells us. It is the pollution caused by plastic of all kinds and from all sources that degrade the land and water sources. The most impacted by the plastic pollution problem is undoubtedly the oceans, seas and the aquatic ecosystem. Plastic […]
10 Major Environmental Disasters In The World
Environmental Disasters – What is meant by it? Environmental Disaster classifies anything that is due to the human activity that results in a great harm to the environment whose effects can be felt long after it has happened. These environmental disasters are usually accidental and are generally of the catastrophic scale. They differ from natural […]
What Are Common Indoor Air Pollutants? – Types And Sources
What is meant by ‘Indoor Air Pollutants”? Air pollutants are basically those substances that can affect the quality of the indoor air in a negative manner. This includes the air inside houses, closed spaces like residential apartments, commercial and administrative buildings, offices etc. Indoor air pollutants are harmful for the human health. For more information, […]
Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative And Its Importance
If Indus were to speak, it would say, ‘I want to live again.’ – Sherry Rehman, Federal minister for climate change. Living Indus is an umbrella initiative consisting of various existing and new projects to address the triple planetary crisis, including Climate change, Biodiversity, and Pollution. It aims at climate-resilient reconstruction, in and around River […]
Plastic Crisis: An Emerging Threat to Mountain Ecosystem
Not just in Pakistan, but everywhere in the world, plastic pollution has grown to be a terrible issue. The increased usage of plastic has exacerbated existing environmental issues and has a catastrophic impact on both marine and terrestrial species. Due to its widespread production and distinctive qualities, plastic’s use significantly rose after 1965, becoming a […]
Dreams Of Mars Killing The Earth -Life On Mars Is False Hope
INTRODUCTION After causing enough destruction on the Earth and instead of doing some kind of effort to save the planet Earth, the responsible authorities are dreaming of shifting to a new planet that supports no life. The purpose of finding life signs on other planets makes it evident that those who have done extreme damage […]
Environmental Impact of Heavy Metal Pollution in Pakistan
INTRODUCTION Heavy metals are trace elements that are naturally present in the Earth’s crust. Exposure to heavy metals is lethal depends on the concentration level of these pollutants. These high-density elements are toxic in nature and can lead to cancer in humans. They are persistent and are not degraded or decayed in the environment that […]
Why Ecocide Should Be Made an International Crime?
INTRODUCTION Ecocide and genocide are rhyming words. Isn’t it? The difference is genocide is a massive killing of people and considered an international crime while ecocide is massive destruction of the Earth’s ecosystem and it has not evaluated as an international crime yet. Also read: Third Pole Is Melting – Himalaya-HinduKush-Karakoram Glacier ECOCIDE Ecocide is […]