Climate Change

Changes in ocean circulation, in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases or haze particles, and in the ice cover, have been invoked to explain the drastic change in weather and temperature patterns over the years. Like all over the world, in Pakistan too, these changes have resulted from the effects of human activities and the destruction of the earth's protective ozone layer. Although human induced warming is among the most pervasive threats to the web of life, the burning of fossil fuels ; coal, gas and oil, is dangerous too, as it releases Carbon-dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. This carbon blankets the earth, trapping its heat, and causing global warming.
This global warming is causing damage to Pakistan's environment, as well. Among the impacts felt and seen are biodiversity loss, rise in the sea level, increased draught, shifts in the weather patterns, increased flooding, changes in freshwater supply and an increase in extreme weather events. These could also lead to alterations in forests and crop yields. Not only that, climatic changes could also affect human health, animals and many types of eco-systems.