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Cascading Hazards: Destabilizing slopes, dams and rivers

A fisherman checks his fishing nets at dawn; a shopkeeper opens his store’s shutter. It is just any other ordinary day for them. The...

Water Security After Floods: A Look Into Consequences, Remediation, and Mitigation

When floods hit, cameras capture the obvious: submerged homes, stranded families, broken roads. But after the water recedes, a slower and often more dangerous...

Glacial Grafting: An Indigenous Practice of Glacier Wedding

Pakistan is home to all kinds of weather. Our nation has been blessed with lush green mountains and far dry deserts. From lakes to...

Climate change linked to frequent landslides in Pakistan

This article was originally published in the Express Tribune. Researchers record 335 non-seismic landslides, damaging roads with rock, mud and ice during a period from...

Can a Chinese AI weather system help Pakistan manage the impacts of a changing climate?

This article was originally published on Dialogue Earth under the Creative Commons BY NC ND licence. The first time Muhammad Irfan Virk entered the China...

Zero Deaths, No Warning: Why Forecasts Alone Don’t Save Lives

In June 2023, a cyclone named Biparjoy churned toward Gujarat, on India's western coast, packing sustained winds strong enough to flatten huts and snap...

Rock Climbing and Decision Making: The Role of Grip, Finger Biomechanics, Balance, and Fear

A climber has to understand the surface through touch, interpret the route through vision, coordinate movement through the nervous system, maintain balance through constant adjustments, and manage fear while making decisions under pressure.

From Brain to Ball: A Neuromechanical Approach to Volleyball Spike and Athlete Longevity

Do you know that Japanese star YUJI NISHIDA is famous for his spikes, which top eleven feet and four inches. Standing at 6’4”, which is considered shorter than average international blockers, he erases this structural gap through kinetic efficiency and neuromechanical mastery.

Are Athletic Champions Born or Made? The Science of Genetics and Training

Studies have found that genes significantly impact athletic ability and influence bodily features. So far, almost 200 polymorphisms linked with variations in sport performances have been identified.

Review— Mind Over Body: Inside the Mind of an Unstoppable Extreme Triathlete

The challenge is not really the swim, the bike, or the run; it is everything that happens before the athlete reaches the start line, specifically the mindset preparation 

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