Meena Menon

Meena Menon

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Meena Menon, Ph.D., Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute at University of Leeds, is an independent journalist, researcher and author.

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Excelsa coffee fruits at an estate in Kodagu district, Karnataka. Image courtesy of South India Coffee Company (SICC).

The search for climate resilient coffee in a warming world

Meena Menon 21 May 2026
A view of the Tarapur MIDC in Boisar. Image by Meena Menon.

Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub

Meena Menon 16 Mar 2026

India set to participate in the World Cup for trash collection

Meena Menon 26 Aug 2025
Drilling equipment is lowered onto a site that was part of the research from 2016-19, which found that ice temperatures in Khumbu Glacier were warmer than expected. Image by University of Leeds Press Office.

Digging into icy depths to understand glacial melt

Meena Menon 24 Apr 2025

Port project in Maharashtra cleared by environment ministry despite opposition from fishing villages

Meena Menon 23 Apr 2024

[Book review] A frank and fearless autobiography of India’s snakeman

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

Residents near one of India’s largest uranium mines suspect contamination affecting their fields and health

Meena Menon 10 Aug 2023

NGT stays environmental clearance for JSW project in Odisha, protestors relieved

Meena Menon 17 Apr 2023

A “do or die” agitation against coal pollution in Odisha

Meena Menon 14 May 2021
A view of Thiruvannamalai, an ancient hill in southern India.

[Interview] Nicolas Salazar Sutil: placing trees and indigenous knowledge at the centre of future healing

Meena Menon 22 Mar 2021
Vaidehi 95 coloured cotton variety in a trial field. Photo from University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Coloured cotton from India on the cusp of commercial release in 2021

Meena Menon 8 Oct 2020

As water level of Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar dam rises, villages in Madhya Pradesh drown

Meena Menon 10 Sep 2019

As cloud seeding catches on in times of climate change, more research holds the key

Meena Menon 29 Jul 2019

[Commentary] Why the drought did not matter in Marathwada during polls

Meena Menon 18 Jun 2019

No country for regulation – of genetically engineered crops

Meena Menon 23 May 2019

Marathwada parched as watershed conservation remains neglected

Meena Menon 15 Apr 2019

In Marathwada the queues are for collecting water during this election season

Meena Menon 4 Apr 2019

No place for political campaigning as Vemulaghat’s ongoing protest stands strong

Meena Menon 30 Nov 2018

In spite of mega projects water is scarce in rural Telangana

Meena Menon 22 Nov 2018
Desi Cotton Maharashtra

A lost desi cotton heritage

Meena Menon 17 Sep 2018

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