Tag: Environment
Extinctions may cause cows to become biggest mammal on Earth
OSLO: The spread of humans around the world from Africa thousands of years ago wiped out big mammals in a shrinking trend that could...
‘Catastrophic’ coral die-off discovered on Great Barrier Reef
CANBERRA: Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered a "catastrophic die-off" of coral during an extended heatwave in 2016, threatening a broader range of reef life...
Researchers accidentally develop enzyme which eats plastic
LONDON: Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of...
The environmental cost of sexual extravagance
WASHINGTON: The extravagant lengths that males will go to bed a member of the opposite sex can come at the risk of extinction for...
Apple goes green, claims ‘100% clean energy’
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple said that it had achieved a goal of "100 percent clean energy" for its facilities around the world.
The California tech giant...
LWMC’s negligence creates another ‘mound of waste’
Illegal dumping of waste at Scientific Landfill Site contaminants groundwater, environment
LAHORE: Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has badly failed to dump the city’s waste...
Climate change makes mountain tops bloom
Europe's mountain summits are flush with new plant species, a greening that has increased in lock-step with the acceleration of global warming since the...
Environment concerns force Philippines to close Boracay island for tourists
MANILA: The Philippines is closing its best-known holiday island Boracay to tourists for up to six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand...
Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent deadly...
PARIS: Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in...
Capital’s expansion projects silently killing environment
ISLAMABAD: The beautiful Islamabad faces an existential crisis as the rampant increase in population during past two decades mainly due to inter-country migration, unbridled...
Human activities threatening species worldwide
MEDELLIN: Human activity has driven animals and plants into decline in every region of the world, putting our own well-being at risk by over-harvesting and...
Blackout to mark Earth Hour 2018
Skylines across the world will go dark tonight as millions celebrate World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature's Earth Hour to spark global awareness and...
World Water Day: Panelists highlight importance of water at LUMS
LAHORE: Environmental damage together with climate change is driving water-related crises seen around the world. Floods, drought and water pollution are worsened by degraded vegetation,...
22 tonnes of garbage cleaned up from protected Galapagos coast
GALAPAGOS: Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago,...
Krill could be the secret weapon in battling ocean plastics
PARIS: They might be at the bottom of the food chain, but krill could prove to be a secret weapon in the fight against...
Indonesia aims to clean the ‘world’s dirtiest river’
JAKARTA: The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi's limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living next to the "world's dirtiest...
EPD negligent as brick kilns add to air pollution menace
LAHORE: While the dearth of technology at the brick kilns has resulted in an increased amount of smoke and subsequently the spread of viral diseases,...
