Best Environmental Website Of Pakistan
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: The Margalla hills around Islamabad are also home to a significant population of Eurasian Wild Boars. These wild boars live at an elevation of up to 900 ft. Its scientific name is Sus scrofa. Aside from the Margalla hills, these wild boars are also distributed in different places in Pakistan like the Murree foothills, […]
What is meant by Bonded Labor? Bonded Labor, also known as Debt bondage is a modern day type of slavery in which individuals that have taken a debt or loan from another person- usually a landlord or someone at a position of authority are working under that said landlord to repay their debts or money […]
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 […]
Endangered Indus Dolphin: The Indus River dolphin is found in the Indus river in Pakistan and one of the tributaries of Indus River- Beas River in Indian Punjab. It is one of the only 4 river species of dolphins in the world that spend its entire life in freshwater only. This species of dolphin is […]
Energy Crisis of Pakistan: Frequent loadshedding, lack of electricity for consecutive hours in many regions and still high cost of electricity and gas bills has people in the country beyond frustrated and helpless. This has been the case ever since many of us were young enough to register the familiar times electricity wouldn’t be available […]
Introduction: Undoubtedly, the world wouldn’t ever be the same without the inventions and ground-breaking contributions from the talented and genius minds of scientists and inventors whose discoveries and creations have played a big part in propelling humanity to new heights of advancements. The world is at a stage of hyper-globalization that has never been done […]
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 […]