You may have heard about PM 2.5 mentioned in a recent science or health article, or even on the news as part of coverage of wildfires or other air pollution events. High levels of PM 2.5 can have serious health consequences for you and your family. But what does this term mean, and how is it linked to respiratory disease, heart…
Nepal is one of the South Asian countries hardest hit by the industrial-scale degradation of the environment. Plastic, 99 per cent of which is derived from fossil fuels, is arguably the most conspicuous story of them all. According to the ICIMOD, Nepal generates 2.7 tons of plastic waste daily, polluting the country’s streets, rivers, forests, and even Himalayan trekking routes….
The Himalayas are relatively new mountains, created by the Indian tectonic plate being pushed under the Eurasian plate, causing it to buckle. Earthquakes are caused by a release of the pressure that builds when tectonic plates slip against each other, and so as this plate movement continues, the Himalayan region is very prone to earthquakes. With climate change impacting weather…