Simrin Sirur

Simrin Sirur

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Simrin is a Staff Writer for Mongabay India, where she writes about climate change, national environmental policy, energy transitions, as well as the impacts of pollution on humans and nature. Before joining Mongabay India, she worked as Principal Correspondent covering the environment for national news website ThePrint. 

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A tawny pipit, one of the grassland specialist bird species whose habitat is adversely impacted by afforestation in Maharashtra. Image by Siddhant Mhetre.

When trees replace grasslands, specialist birds lose their habitat

Simrin Sirur 2 Jul 2026
A forest fire rages during the summer in Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh in 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, file)

Rising temperatures, not just human activity, drives Himalayan forest fires

Simrin Sirur 25 Jun 2026

Forest clearance for dam puts white-bellied herons at risk

Simrin Sirur 19 Jun 2026
A construction labourer at work at the rehabilitation township. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Landslide survivors wait for a place to call home

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2026
A truck transporting goods in Uttar Pradesh. Representative image by Shantum Singh via Pexels.

New scheme incentivises trucks, buses for meeting emissions standards

Simrin Sirur 8 Jun 2026

Study reveals how air pollution disrupts foetal growth

Simrin Sirur 5 Jun 2026
A lion cub in Gir. Image by Anushree Potdar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

After eight lions die from Babesia infection, treatment and isolation controls spread

Simrin Sirur 2 Jun 2026
Tendu leaves being dried after harvest. Representative image by Subodhkiran via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India releases report on access-benefit sharing from biological resources

Simrin Sirur 29 May 2026
Food delivery personnel take rest under the shade of a tree as they await their next order in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Workers groups are pushing for legal protections against deadly heat

Simrin Sirur 13 May 2026
Neil Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Image by Vishal Jadav via Pexels.

High Court bench to hear PILs challenging Great Nicobar clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 May 2026
An oil tar ball washed ashore on a beach. Representative image. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Tar ball pollution draft rules notified

Simrin Sirur 7 May 2026

Could wildfires in Canada have affected India’s monsoon? New research suggests it’s possible

Simrin Sirur 1 May 2026
Trees at a park in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New database captures urban tree diversity

Simrin Sirur 27 Apr 2026

The ‘correction’ clause rewriting Goa’s landscape

Simrin Sirur, Hagen Desa 23 Apr 2026
Representative image of a great Indian bustard. Image by Shiv's fotografia via Wikimedia Commons.

After decade long wait, great Indian bustard hatches in Gujarat

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2026

Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2026
People queue up to refill cylinders during the LPG shortage in March 2026. Image by Nizil Shah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy

Simrin Sirur 19 Mar 2026
Women walk in forests in Orchha, Chhattisgarh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India’s central forests

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
Labourers arrange steel buckets at a manufacturing factory. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2026

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