PU Launches Digital Climate Atlas; Climate Lab.

LAHORE -- Space Science Department, the Punjab University (PU), has launched its first-ever digital environmental atlas to understand current and future climate change scenarios besides a Remote Sensing, GIS and Climatic Research Laboratory (RSGCRL) to investigate climate change patterns in the country.

The digital environmental atlas of Pakistan has been based on modern data from 1959 to 2022 which will help in understanding climate change in the country while the RSGCRL, built with funding from the Pakistan Higher Education Commission (HEC), will conduct research on climate change.

The detailed chronological information will be useful for policy-makers, researchers, academicians, and professionals to understand current state and future conditions of environmental change in Pakistan.

Vice Chancellor PU Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar inaugurated the lab and launched the atlas here on Tuesday. Director Space Scince Department PU, principal investigator Dr Ziaul Haq, and researchers were also present. VC PU Dr Niaz appreciated the landmark achievement, adding that the lab would help identify environmental problems in the country which would help in dealing with...