DUSHANBE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the politicization of water resources, warning that Pakistan would not tolerate any attempt by India to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty and put millions of lives at risk for political purposes. Speaking at the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation, being held from May 29 to 31, 2025, … Read more
Scientists have discovered for the first time microplastics in fresh Antarctic snow in Antarctica. Researchers at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, collected samples from 19 regions of Antarctica, each containing a small piece of plastic. Microplastics in Antarctic snow are caused by the erosion of plastics and are smaller than a grain of rice, sometimes even invisible. … Read more
Researchers revealed Tuesday that sea ice around Antarctica shrunk to its smallest area on record in February, five years after the previous record low, implying that Earth’s frozen continent may be less resistant to climate change than previously assumed. According to a study published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, the ice-covered ocean … Read more
