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Climate Change Not Myth But Reality

Northern Areas of Pakistan are blessed with beauty, we often hear people quoting these beautiful areas as “Switzerland of Pakistan”, “Heaven on Earth”, but these words proved there reality when for the first time I visited Northern Pakistan. It is worth mentioning that Pakistan is dependent on frozen hydrological resources. Many rivers such as River Swat, Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza, Shigar, Shyok, Indus, Shingo, Astor, and Jhelum are fed by runoff generated by melting of SC of Northern areas. Image by Aqsa kamran from Pixabay Image by Abdullah Shakoor2 from Pixabay This runoff supports agriculture . Agriculture of Pakistan is largely dependent on the snow melting phenomenon. Anomalies witnessed in glaciers and their melting patterns will have massive impact on hydrological resources because the country’s 70% of fresh water depends upon these frozen hydrological resources in the high mountains of Himalaya and Hindu Ku...
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Population & Climate Data Sets For UN SDGS

Mapping of population & climate change indicators made easy by Terra Populus to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGS ) Imagesource:Pixabay  What it Does : It provides GIS based data set, that combines population and climate data of 160 countries approx. Explanation : Picture below explains data cycle image source: https://data.terrapop.org/ Kinds of Data Available: Census and survey micro-data describing the characteristics of individuals and their families and households. Aggregate census and survey data , describing the characteristics of places, including aggregate population characteristics, land use, and land cover. Data derived from remote-sensing describing land cover and other environmental characteristics Climate data describing temperature , precipitation , and other climate-related variables Vector-based geographic information system (GIS) data delineating administrative and census unit boundaries   (Text source: htt...
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Where Pakistan Stands In Environmental Paradigm

Specific environmental problems in Pakistan & their aggravation by human activities directly or indirectly Climate change Environmental condition of Pakistan is facing serious challenges, In this article, we will try to explore what is baseline situation in Pakistan and how environmental issues are being aggravated by human and climate change. We will also will try to explore where the problem lays what is extent of damage by humans and what fault lies with government and and policy directions. What is possible remedy to it? Image by  Denny Franzkowiak  from  Pixabay   Location Pakistan is located 29.4000° N, 69.1833° E , It is  urbanized country of south Asia covering area of 796095 sq- km , Pakistan is environmentally ranked 131 out of 146 countries (Yale University Environmental Sustainability Index 2005), ranked 112 out of 178 countries (New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2006 New Economics Foundation: Happy P...
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Good Way To Study Forestry

Global Forest Change Explorer Global Forest Change Explorer is  Designed By : University of Maryland, Google Earth Engine, Science in Classroom Why so special : Global Forest Change Explorer is used for Forest Change detection Is classified Data Downloadable : Yes For Students of Forestry : A specific curriculum is designed for better understanding Categories of Data Set Available : Countries, Eco Regions, and hotspots. A Glimpse: 
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