Environment & Ecology

Risks of unchecked mining to trout fish in Jammu and Kashmir
1020 766 Mukhtar Dar

In the past decade, different fish varieties including Trout and Mahaseer were plentiful in the pristine glacier and spring-fed rivers/streams. However, due to rapid population growth and in order to…

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Fast Fashion: Through the lens of sustainability
1024 576 Neha Aggarwal

For a long time, we have produced more than we can consume and dispose of far more than the earth can renew and replenish. The fast fashion industry is one…

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Will Hygam wetland be lost to encroachment or is rescue around the corner?
1024 576 Adeela Hameed

Last year’s theme for World Wetlands Day, celebrated on February 2nd of every year, was ‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature’, highlighting the importance of actions that will ensure wetlands are conserved…

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Air pollution reaches dangerous levels during winters in Kashmir
1024 682 Adeela Hameed

Winter usually begins in the last week of November in Kashmir and ends in February. During this time, the valley receives ample snow, rain, and sleet, in addition to increased…

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Landslides in a changing climate
1024 576 Kainat Aziz

The environment is currently witnessing a discernible change in its intrinsic attributes as a result of changing global climate. The earlier alarming prediction of scientists on changing climate is coming…

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Melting glaciers might lead to new pandemics
1024 683 Adeela Hameed

Unfortunately, humans have been leading to the ruin of planet earth. They are opting for secure homes by disregarding the homes of other species. Disproportionate use of natural resources is…

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Climate Change: A threat to livelihood of Gujjars-Bakarwals
960 588 Zahoor Ahmad Dar

The change in global precipitation, increasing surface temperatures, receding of glaciers, and unseasonal snowfall are all manifestations of climate change, posing an unprecedented threat to mankind. Pastures have turned into…

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Escalating human–wildlife conflict in the Kashmir valley
1024 614 Adeela Hameed

Human-wildlife conflict (HWC), recognized as a global concern in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 global biodiversity framework, occurs when interactions between humans and wildlife lead to negative consequences,…

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Environmental crisis on the Korean Peninsula
1024 538 Anamitra Banerjee

Hyping missile threats have caused the Korean peninsula to fall prey to a state of exigency. Seoul finds cues about the encroaching perils incoming from their immediate neighbor regularly. The…

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Water Scarcity and Kashmir’s Freshwater Springs
527 328 Adeela Hameed

Groundwater is an incredibly precious resource, to the extent of being titled the ‘survival lifeline of civilizations’. This is true because of a number of facts. The first is that…

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Climate Change: Deepening the vulnerability of Kashmir Himalayas
1024 683 Zahoor Ahmad Dar

Ever since the human evolutionary process got rolling, the climate has exerted influence on the evolutionary pattern and human lives and has also been affected by it in return. Alteration…

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Climate Change and Natural Disasters in South Asia 
1 1 Adeela Hameed

Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters – determined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs…

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