जनकपुरधाम । युवाहरुको सँस्था कायापलट द्वारा वायु प्रदूषण विरुद्धको अन्तराष्ट्रिय दिवसको अवसरमा जनकुरको रेल्वे स्टेसनमा आयोजित “पन्नी मुक्त अभियान“को नाराहरु मध्ये एक नारा थियो ’अक्सिजन मात्र रु. २०’ । यो भनाई पछिल्लो जनकपुरधाममा उच्चारण हुँदा मानिस अच्चमित मात्र थिएन्न, उनीहरुले प्लास्टिक झोलाले घेरिएको एक मानिस पनि नजरामा कैद गर्दै त्यससँग फोटो खिच्दै कसरी भन्ने जिग्यासा राखि रहेका थिए । जिग्यासाको सम्बोधनमा…
The focus of this year’s World Environment Day was solutions to plastic pollution which was observed under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. Similarly, in 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly, a resolution was endorsed to end plastic pollution. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is expected to complete a draft of a global legally binding agreement by 2024 to address the lifecycle of…
प्रकाश प्रदूषणले रातको आकाशलाई उज्यालो बनाउने र प्राकृतिक अन्धकारमा हस्तक्षेप गर्ने मानव गतिविधिहरूद्वारा उत्पादित अत्यधिक वा गलत दिशानिर्देशित कृत्रिम प्रकाशलाई जनाउँछ। यो सहरी र उपनगरीय क्षेत्रहरूमा कृत्रिम प्रकाशको अत्यधिक मात्राको कारणले गर्दा हुन्छ । जसले गर्दा वायुमण्डलमा प्रकाश छरिन्छ र रातको आकाशमा चमक सिर्जना गर्दछ। नेपालमा प्रकाश प्रदूषणले वातावरण र मानव समाज दुवैमा धेरै असर पारेको देखिन्छ । केहि प्रभावहरू…
Research has shown that exposure to air pollution, be it brief or over the long term, can have negative impacts on the lungs and hearts, and potentially the brain as well (Brook 2009). It is estimated that outdoor air pollution causes 3 million excess deaths worldwide each year (The Lancet 2015). In response, a number of cities have introduced policies aimed at reducing…
On Sunday, a 61-year-old woman from Changunarayan Municipality in Bhaktapur district, reached Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to get her swollen feet examined. Doctors at the hospital, who attended on her, found that her oxygen saturation levels had declined to 68-70 percent. “Oxygen saturation level under 90 percent could quickly lead to serious deterioration in a patient’s health and oxygen saturation…
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Climate crisis is a major problem but developing nations such as Nepal are not committed to manage and carry the burden of such global problems. Despite certain political decisions being made in regards to national climate policy and the political parties backing the issue of climate change and environment in their election manifestoes, implementation of national climate…
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…