UMTOfficial's video: Learning Cafe - Session 05: Smog: The Fifth Season Roles and Responsibilities of Academia

In this session Dr. Jamil Anwar started by explaining the term “SMOG”. Smog is a yellowish or blackish colored toxic fog, formed mainly by a mixture of pollutants in the atmosphere which not only makes breathing difficult but also causes a number of ill effects on health. Smog is an extreme case of air pollution. He also stated how in the past few years smog is gradually engulfing Lahore at an alarming rate. At the very beginning when science and technology were just being started the beauty of nature was very high but with the passage of time as the ratio of science and technology increased the beauty of nature decreased. Later, he discussed the major components of smog, some of the major factors that are responsible for smog in Lahore. He talked about various steps that can be taken to reduce smog and what is to be done in case of smog outside?