Pakistan is facing other crisis and now water insecurity is also knocking at the door. Pakistan is rich in water resources and encompasses water reserves as in glaciers of Himalayas and annual rainfalls that feed 50-80% of its water supply in the western rivers- Chenab, Jhelum, Indus and eastern- Ravi, Sutlej and some other underground […]
Earth is getting hotter and mountains- the water towers suffer glacier retreat by passing a phase of global warming due to an increase in amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from 316 ppm in 1958 to 412 ppm in 2024 leading to worsening the issue of glacier melting. Pakistan is the home of more than […]
The seasons in Pakistan are undergoing extraordinary changes due to global climate change. While rainfall patterns are affected, temperatures are also rising but what needs to be done to understand and adapt to these climate changes is nowhere to be seen, nor is any effective strategy being worked on. Due to such circumstances, the pressure […]
Pakistan is no stranger to heatwaves and the resulting deadly floods that usually cause countless deaths and widespread damage to millions of people every year. In the year 2022, one-third of the country suffered from flash floods and remained underwater but what possibility of these disastrous situations still persists to the present day? The related […]