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Plastics in oceans to outweigh fish by 2050

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ISLAMABAD: In the first study of the mass of plastic waste polluting world oceans, a report published on Tuesday expresses apprehensions that at the current rate of the waste flowing into the oceans it will outweigh fish and other maritime creatures by 2050. The report says that 95pc of the value of packaging material, worth […]


Eco-unfriendly: Only 918 Indus dolphins left

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SUKKUR: Initially, the Indus dolphins were not blind but muddy the water and pollution in the river proved hazardous, turning the mammal blind, said Indus Dolphin Conservation Centre Sukkur incharge, Mir Akhtar Talpur, while speaking at an Indus River dolphin awareness event on Sunday. After the dolphins lost their sight, Mother Nature’s gift of an […]


Pollution of KB Feeder Canal and Keenjhar Lake

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THIS is apropos of the news (Feb 6 and 14), regarding water pollution in the KB Feeder Canal and Keenjhar Lake. The selection of variables for water quality monitoring is done in relation to pollutant sources. In the present case, it was desired to assess the impact of industrial effluents in KB Feeder Canal and […]