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What is Rain Gardening? And What are Rain Gardens? Rain gardening is essentially making a garden for the sole purpose of harvesting, storing or utilizing and filtering of storm/rain water. Anyone can make rain gardens in their lawns or around their homes by creating a channel that ultimately leads into the garden. The channel acts […]
What is meant by Transboundary Pollution? Transboundary pollution in simple terms can be defined as the kind of pollution that transcends the boundaries of nations and countries set geographically or politically. This basically means that any pollution rising or being emitted from industries in one country can cross over into the air space of another […]
What is meant by Soil Retrogression? Soil retrogression in simple terms is related to the slow degradation of soil in which the soil reverts back to its original state after going through various cycles and stages of succession. Succession – a phenomenon in which bare soil or hard rocky earth is colonized by a pioneer […]
Introduction: The Undergraduate degree for Environmental Science is pretty diverse because of the vast ranges of topics and subjects it can potentially cover, however, this is also exactly why many subjects may be taught in conjunction with some other subject or maybe not at all depending on the need and application or relevancy to the […]
What is meant by ‘Diffuse Pollution’? It is also known as ‘Non-point source pollution‘. Diffuse pollution is just basically the smaller and scattered sources that can cause water pollution. It stems from air and land pollution sources and significantly effects water bodies globally. Diffuse pollution is actually indirect water pollution. Instead of having one source […]
What is Urban Sprawl? A characteristic of urbanization but often used interchangeably- urban sprawl. However, there is a certain distinction between the two. Urban Sprawl refers to the lowly populated areas in otherwise unpopulated regions/area outside an urban city. It is usually a fragmented extension of a larger, densely populated urban city or town- often […]
There are a lot of possible career paths students can take after obtaining a degree in Environmental Science and the job options and scope is only set to grow in the upcoming decades. Almost all sectors and industries are set to have a job position for environmental science major due to the increasing focus and […]
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 […]
Introduction: Environmental Science is a broad field with lots of options to choose from in pursuing research as well as industry jobs. However, there are two skills that every student of environmental science should possess in their skill set before or by the time they graduate. These are GIS- Geographic Information System and Statistics. Check […]
Environmental Internships in Pakistan For Environmental Science Students there are quite a few opportunities to gain industry experience after they have finished the first two years of their Undergraduate degree at university. There are a lot of industries, consultancies or governmental agencies and institutions – offering Environmental Internships in Pakistan – that are willing to […]