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Many scientists saw climate change as a distant threat for decades. Now we know it was wrong to say. For example, this summer a European heat wave reached the Arctic driving temperatures through much of the Far North in the 1980s and melted…

Karachi, which is the main hub of exports, transportation and a major city of Pakistan is now under the attack of locusts. Swarms of locusts can be seen flying everywhere. What are Locusts? Locusts are invertebrates which hap pen to be very…

Yesterday evening, a sudden pattern of smog engulfed the metropolitan city of Lahore, and disastrously, the Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) all of a sudden from less than 200 rose to more than 500. It was an alarming situation for the…

For the last years, human health has emerged as one of the big issues within Pakistan and at global level. The factor of climate change plays a principle role in impacting the health of humans. However, intensity of extreme whether levels,…

“This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. This is not something you can like on Facebook.” Those are the words of environmental activist Greta Thunberg about how devastating climate change can be. Climate change is causing all…

Breathing clean air is one of the fundamental rights of humans because not doing so might very well be fatal for human life. Diminishing air quality has been a challenge worldwide especially in cities with industrial bases. In Pakistan, as…