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Plastic treaty would be historic for planet: UNEP chief

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Nairobi, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty to tackle plastic trash, the UN environment chief told AFP. Inger Andersen said a global plastics treaty being negotiated in Nairobi “holds […]

D&SJ inaugurates spring tree plantation drive

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

KASUR, Feb 26 (APP): District and Sessions Judge (D&SJ) Qaiser Nazir Butt inaugurated the spring tree plantation drive by planting saplings in the lawn of Sessions Court here on Saturday. He said: “Tree plantation is a charity and every citizen must play his role. We […]

Controversial study links pollution with bipolar, depression

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, FEB 25(Online): A recent study has concluded that exposure to air pollution, particularly during the first 10 years of life, could play a significant role in the development of psychiatric disorders. However, not everyone is convinced by the data. The study, which appears in […]

A blight on the beach, old flip flops given makeover in Kenya

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kilifi, Kenya, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools — tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya’s beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond. They are the footwear of […]

Wildfires will get worse unless countries rethink prevention strategy: UN-backed report

Posted on February 24, 2022 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (APP): The global incidence of extreme wildfires is projected to surge by 50 percent by the end of the century — leaving almost no landscape invulnerable to this climate-driven danger, a UN-backed report has found. Both shifts in land use and […]

World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN warned Wednesday. Even the most ambitious efforts […]

Reduction in air pollution can help improve functioning of kidney, suggests new study

Posted on February 23, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (APP): Improving air quality may not only help your lungs but also your kidneys, suggests a study. Researchers from King’s College London found that ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration reduction led to significant improvement in laboratory test results used to assess […]

Italy’s Etna spews smoke and ashes, closing airport

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Catania, Italy, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Monday, briefly forcing the closure of the airport of Catania in Sicily. The ash cloud rose 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) into the […]

Pak-China step up cooperation on cotton research under climate change

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

BEIJING, Feb 19 (APP): As global climate change is intensifying, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSDC) and Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) are working together to establish a model through the study of the changes in climate characteristics and the corresponding changes in […]

Deadly wildfires, noise pollution among critical environmental threats, UN warns

Posted on February 18, 2022 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 17 (APP):Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report published on Thursday. “The Frontiers Report identifies and offers solutions to […]

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