Aditi Tandon

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Aditi Tandon is the Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

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Sulochana Gadgil by Ministry of Earth Sciences via Facebook. Monsoon in the Western Ghats by KV 192 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sulochana Gadgil: The woman who chased clouds [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jul 2025

Study maps microplastics in Mumbai’s mangroves

Aditi Tandon 25 Jul 2025
A dhole in Kabini. Image by Ranjith Kumar 2016 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The return of the dholes

Nabarun Guha 21 Jul 2025

Global rift over plant treaty as key issues remain unresolved

Kundan Pandey 18 Jul 2025
Saplings planted alongside Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Manu Moudgil, Simrin Sirur 18 Jul 2025
Ajith Babu, drone pilot at Fuselage Innovations operates 'FIA QD10' - a precision spraying agricultral drone at a paddy farm at Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Limited in Kochi, Kerala, India Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbaraman/Mongabay

Kerala unveils plan to tackle climate risks and build resilient agriculture

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Jul 2025
A rise in tiger numbers along with expanding human settlements is bringing people and livestock in contact with these large carnivores, resulting in conflict around protected areas. Image by Himanshu Chattani.

Tracing a tiger from its kill

Bharti Dharapuram 16 Jul 2025
A power plant in Kolkata. Representative image by Smeet Chowdhury via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Sulphur dioxide emission norms relaxed for thermal power plants

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2025
Deepor Beel in Kamrup is Assam’s only Ramsar site, despite the state having over 1,000 wetlands, many of which face growing threats from pollution and development. Image by Hirakjyoti Bayan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wetlands hold carbon and climate hope

Nandhini Somasundaram 14 Jul 2025
A weather monitoring station at Randullabad, Maharashtra. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Improved weather forecasting can help manage renewable energy grid

Kundan Pandey 11 Jul 2025
Women farmers planting millets, a climate-resilient and water-efficient crop, in Keonjhar district, Odisha. Photo by Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI.

AI-based drought advisory tool aimed at enabling early action

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Jul 2025
A kestrel perched on a pole in Bengaluru. These birds are more common in the outskirts of the city. Image by Jagdish Krishnaswamy.

How urban birds respond to heat and green cover

Anusha Krishnan 9 Jul 2025
A moringa tree. Image by Dinesh Valke via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The rise of India’s moringa economy

Aditya Ansh 7 Jul 2025
A medical camp held at a school in Rudrasagar, Assam. Image by District Commissioner, Sivasagar.

Gas leak in Assam oil rig under control but has affected hundreds

Nabarun Guha 3 Jul 2025
A farmer harvests paddy. Representative image by Indranil Gayan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India gets two genome-edited rice varieties

Arathi Menon 2 Jul 2025

Climate misinformation leads people to lose hope and faith in science: report

Aditi Tandon 1 Jul 2025
A study found that among all observed behaviours of Gir lions, sniffing was the most common, accounting for nearly 40% of the recorded actions. Image by Mohan Ram.

How Gir lions are using scent to communicate

Sneha Mahale 1 Jul 2025
Rescue operation underway by the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Response Force at Khaniyara Manuni Khad in Kangra district. Photos by Himachal Pradesh SDRF via X.

Flash flood risk in three Himachal districts as heavy rain continues

Manish Chandra Mishra 30 Jun 2025

Fish DNA barcoding reveals ambiguities in species classification

Nandhini Somasundaram 30 Jun 2025

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

Nikhil Sreekandan 25 Jun 2025
In 2006, the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that every square mile (about 2.5 km2 ) of the ocean contained 46,000 pieces of floating plastic, the debris of which is already present on most beaches around the world. Image by Emina Mamaca.

Invisible plastics are changing our oceans [Commentary]

Isha Chawla 24 Jun 2025
As summer heat intensifies each year, studies find that tin and cement roofs increase indoor heat stress in rural households. Image by Premsagar Tasgaonkar.

Too hot to handle as rural houses turn heat traps

Arathi Menon 23 Jun 2025
Wadha Koli labourers set up mounds of Prosopis juliflora wood to be used for charcoal production. Image by Divyajyoti Ganguly/Sahjeevan.

Looking at invasives beyond the ecological lens [Commentary]

Divyajyoti Ganguly 23 Jun 2025
A carabid beetle. One study by scientists that are part of the DarkDivNet network that assessed plants, fungi and carabid beetles in Estonia found that dark diversity was greater than observed diversity within all groups. Representative image by Bernard Dupont via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Absent species that ought to be present

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2025
Image of Maruti Chitampalli by All India Radio. Representative image of Melghat Tiger Reserve by Ankitfunk via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Maruti Chitampalli, the forest’s living encyclopedia, dies at 93 [Obituary]

Manish Chandra Mishra 19 Jun 2025

Most Indians worried about extreme weather or related impacts: survey

Aditi Tandon 18 Jun 2025

A song of rock and ice

Saumitra Shinde 17 Jun 2025
Women at work in a flower farm in Dodballapur, Karnataka. Image by Suneal patel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Farms turn femme but women still plough through power centres

Arathi Menon 17 Jun 2025
Fishermen from Kavaratti at work, performing pole-and-line fishing in the deep-sea area. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Pole-and-line fishing face new challenges with push for tuna fish exports

K.A. Shaji 17 Jun 2025
An air conditioner. Image by Dinkun Chen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Government to reduce AC temperature limits to improve energy efficiency

Simrin Sirur 16 Jun 2025
Electric scooter manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu. Image by Gnoeee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India races to secure rare earth minerals as China restricts exports

Kundan Pandey 16 Jun 2025
A tiger in Kaziranga National Park. Representative image by Sagar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Tiger death highlights strained human-wildlife interactions

Nabarun Guha 13 Jun 2025

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