Kutta is an indigenous sheep breed found in the mountainous region of Swat, Pakistan. In this study we evaluated the performance of Kutta sheep within their natural habitat and identified genomic regions associated with environmental adaptability using whole genome sequencing. Flocks are mostly managed under a transhumant production system with year-round breeding. Kutta sheep demonstrated higher lambing efficiency under the a...

Pakistan faces climate‐related hazards such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, driven by diverse climate and rising temperatures. Reliable predictions are crucial for water management, agriculture, and disaster response, but the country's complex terrain requires region‐specific assessments. This study improves regional temperature projections by integrating ensembling techniques, statistical bias correction, and machine lear...

Long-term coastal monitoring networks provide the opportunity to evaluate how water-quality predictability varies across contrasting coastal bays. However, most machine learning studies focused on individual stations, optically active variables or short validation periods. We analyze 37 years (1986-2023) of monthly in-situ data from 94 stations across four Hong Kong Bay systems Central Harbours, Eastern Bays, Southern Bays, an...