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Global warming in Pakistan, Assignments of Pakistan Studies and Culture
All about globa warming and it's effect on the environmental pollution in Pakistan and all over the world
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Global warming in Pakistan
What is global warming and how is
it caused?
- (^) Increase in the Earth's temperature
- (^) Earths temperature increases by 0.8 C per decade
Causes:
- (^) Excessive release of Green house gases(GHG)
- (^) Deforestation
- (^) Overuse of fossil fuels
Impacts
- (^) Floods
- (^) Drought
- (^) Cyclones
- (^) Rising sea level
- (^) Heat stroke
Floods in Pakistan
Pakistan has been struck by floods almost every year for the past ten years. However, the floods of 2010 and 2011 have been dubbed the country's worst natural disasters.
Drought
Droughts have wreaked havoc on Pakistan's economy for years, especially in the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Drought has decreased river flows in these regions, causing irrigation canals to dry up, resulting in extreme agricultural deprivation.
Rising sea levels
- (^) Rising temperatures caused by global warming, glaciers have been gradually melting, resulting in a steady rise in sea levels.
- (^) The ravaging sea continues to engulf the surrounding land, consuming an average of 80 acres every day.
- (^) Which makes the agriculture from prosperous to the poorest parts for agriculture.