Pre-Monsoon Crop Residue Burning in Pakistan – What is Crop Residue? Crop residue, also known as stubble burning is the burning of crop remains on the field or agricultural land in order to clear land for the next crop. Burning of crop residue is done in this manner not only because it is efficient, convenient […]
How To Prevent Hazardous Monsoon Season Flooding in Pakistan
Introduction: The monsoon season continues to cause problems in various regions in Pakistan, generating floods, flash floods, and other severe weather-related catastrophes, as well as increasing humanitarian needs. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), up to 147 fatalities have been recorded throughout the country as of 11 July,2022. More than 1000 dwellings have […]
Effect of Climate Change on Punjab Province of Pakistan
Introduction Climate change is a huge problem that has been exerting its effects on all parts of the world in one way or the other but some places are definitely more vulnerable to its disastrous impacts such as Pakistan. Pakistan being a developing country also has lessor resilience to its impacts. To know more about […]
Lahore Smog is Killing Us -Harmful Impacts of Smog On Humans
INTRODUCTION Smog used to simply refer to a combination of smoke and fog, hence the combination word “smog”, but over the years, thanks to the plethora of chemicals used around the world and the various types of pollutants in the air this simple smog as now turned into something even more sinister: Photochemical Smog. Photochemical […]
The Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Pakistan
Introduction The underdeveloped nations are facing the consequences of climate changes due to two reasons, which are resource scarcity and unsustainable adaptive capacity. Pakistan is also a developing nation and so it is experiencing impacts of climate change at every level. Extreme weather events are occurring in Pakistan frequently now. Pakistan is an agricultural country […]