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					<title>As El Niño strengthens, coral reefs face narrow windows for recovery</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/10/as-el-nino-strengthens-coral-reefs-face-narrow-windows-for-recovery/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Oct 2026 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Max Martin]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[corals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Niño]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Indian Ocean]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Coast, Conservation, Coral Reefs, Ecology, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Fish, Global Warming, and Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[As UN Secretary-General António Guterres says, El Niño is being “supersized” by a warming climate. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that coral reefs are being hit by new bleaching events before they have had time to recover from earlier ones. UNEP likened reefs to “an overmatched boxer” taking repeated blows, citing findings from the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As UN Secretary-General António Guterres says, El Niño is being “supersized” by a warming climate. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that coral reefs are being hit by new bleaching events before they have had time to recover from earlier ones. UNEP likened reefs to “an overmatched boxer” taking repeated blows, citing findings from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI). The outlook is stark. “Multiple lines of evidence indicate that the majority (70-90%) of warm water (tropical) coral reefs that exist today will disappear even if global warming is constrained to 1.5°C,” as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns. The headline, however, is that marine heatwaves are narrowing the window for coral reef recovery. “Coral reefs once had decades to recover after major bleaching events. Today, they’re lucky to get five or six years,” said Manuel González Rivero, a reef expert at The Australian Institute of Marine Science and lead author of the GCRMN report. “And for many reefs affected by the unprecedented marine heatwaves in 2024, this year’s El Niño likely means they’ll have had little more than a year to begin recovering before being hit again.” “India’s own reefs show the same trend,” said marine biologist Amruth P., assistant professor in the Department of Life Sciences at CHRIST University, Bengaluru. “A 24-year study in Lakshadweep recorded coral cover falling from about 37% to under 20% since 1998 after repeated marine heatwaves.” The study by the Mysuru-based Nature Conservation Foundation&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/10/as-el-nino-strengthens-coral-reefs-face-narrow-windows-for-recovery/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A changing climate is reshaping India’s infectious disease risks</title>
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					<pubDate>08 Oct 2026 11:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rupsy Khurana]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment and health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathogens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zoonoses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoonotic disease]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Science, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Global Warming, Health impacts, Human Rights, and Impacts of Climate Change]]>
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							<![CDATA[When extreme weather events occur, the damage is usually measured in collapsed buildings, damaged roads and flooded homes. But the aftermath also brings a less visible threat. Heatwaves, droughts, erratic rainfall and flash floods, in combination or alone, also reshape the ecology of diseases. They can affect how long pathogens survive, change the distribution of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[When extreme weather events occur, the damage is usually measured in collapsed buildings, damaged roads and flooded homes. But the aftermath also brings a less visible threat. Heatwaves, droughts, erratic rainfall and flash floods, in combination or alone, also reshape the ecology of diseases. They can affect how long pathogens survive, change the distribution of disease-carrying insects and bring people, animals and pathogens into closer contact, increasing the risk of outbreaks in new places at unexpected times. The latest assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that heatwaves and extreme rainfall events are projected to increase in the coming years. A 2025 study by IPE Global, an international development consultancy, and Esri India, a GIS mapping company, warns that extreme weather could become more severe by 2030, with heatwaves projected to double in major cities and extreme rainfall events expected to rise by 43% across the country. Health experts state that we need to factor in and prevent climate-related outbreaks rather than simply responding to them. Health risks during monsoons and droughts The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reports that the past decade has witnessed some of the worst floods on record. India, too, has experienced devastating floods, including those in Mumbai in 2025 and Kerala in 2018. “Heavy rainfall and flooding create ideal conditions for the emergence and spread of infections,” shares Surya Prasad, a consultant physician at Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru. “Floodwater overwhelms sewage systems and mixes human and animal waste into water sources, while warmer&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/10/a-changing-climate-is-reshaping-indias-infectious-disease-risks/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test</title>
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					<pubDate>10 Sep 2026 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rudra Pangeni]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flash flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global, Himalayas, and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Dams, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, Hydroelectric power, Impacts of Climate Change, Mountains, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nepal’s long-held policy of harnessing hydroelectricity and using it for economic growth has met new challenges: potential catastrophic floods in the snow-fed rivers amid rising global temperatures. The August 26 floods that originated on the Nepal-China border, and that knocked out around 10% of installed power from the national grid, has prompted a debate on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nepal’s long-held policy of harnessing hydroelectricity and using it for economic growth has met new challenges: potential catastrophic floods in the snow-fed rivers amid rising global temperatures. The August 26 floods that originated on the Nepal-China border, and that knocked out around 10% of installed power from the national grid, has prompted a debate on whether Nepal should rethink its overall hydropower strategy or just adopt better-engineered plants. Amid this, the flood could jeopardise the country’s clean energy targets and push it to adopt more solar power. Immediate impacts The recent flash flood crippled a combined installed generation capacity of 281 megawatts, including a solar power plant, and damaged four other under-construction projects, totaling a capacity of 700 MW. One of the oldest hydroelectric plants, the 14.1-MW Devighat Hydroelectric Plant, commissioned 42 years ago, was wiped out. Further downstream, the flood badly damaged a 25-MW solar power plant, according to data compiled by Mongabay from official sources. Similarly, with a hub of a transmission line washed away on the Trishuli river’s banks, another 150 MW of power from different power plants is cut off from the national grid system. Transmission lines, including a substation on the Trishuli riverbank, were also destroyed. While officials are assessing the damage, estimates put losses at hundreds of billions of Nepali rupees, according to media reports. They say they can’t yet provide timelines for when the affected projects will resume generation. Around 983 engineers and workers are feared trapped inside the tunnels or power houses&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/nepals-flood-disaster-puts-its-hydropower-first-strategy-exports-to-the-test/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Community-based warning saves lives during Nepal floods</title>
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					<pubDate>07 Sep 2026 11:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flash flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacier]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Flood and drought]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, Impacts of Climate Change, and Mountains]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 9:10 a.m. on August 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground. Ten minutes later, the flood hit the evacuated school. When flood waters receded, the whole compound was buried under debris, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 9:10 a.m. on August 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground. Ten minutes later, the flood hit the evacuated school. When flood waters receded, the whole compound was buried under debris, with only a fragment of the school’s roofline left showing. There were two “systems” that warned people about the impending danger that day: one built by the state relying on sensors and SMS messages, the other relying on community-based ties. Only the second worked reliably, and in the case of Dawadi and many other survivors, it even arrived first. But not everyone was as lucky. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), as of September 3, a total of 1,252 people have died, with 4,216 more missing and roughly 1.6 million people affected across five districts in Nepal. Headteacher Rajendra Dawadi of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, talks to relatives on his mobile phone in Trishuli Valley in Nepal. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Communication researcher Bhuwan K.C. observed that while one-half of the corridor (upstream) had no information at all, the other had information, but that information couldn’t convey urgency and scale. In areas nearest to the border, on both the Nepal and China sides, everything happened in just seven minutes. The sensors were knocked out immediately. But farther down, in Trishuli Bazaar, Betrawati and toward Muglin and Devghat, people received an&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/community-based-warning-saves-lives-during-nepal-floods/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>El Niño brings drought declaration into sharper focus</title>
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					<pubDate>03 Sep 2026 15:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Niño]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disaster]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Food, Global Warming, Impacts of Climate Change, Villages, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[Despite government assurances of adequate preparations, the looming El Niño has cast an uncertain shadow over crop productivity in India. So far, there has been a rainfall deficit of 14% over the country since the beginning of the monsoon season, according to the Crop Weather Watch Group under the Department of Agriculture. The El Niño [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Despite government assurances of adequate preparations, the looming El Niño has cast an uncertain shadow over crop productivity in India. So far, there has been a rainfall deficit of 14% over the country since the beginning of the monsoon season, according to the Crop Weather Watch Group under the Department of Agriculture. The El Niño is expected to gain strength over the second half of the monsoon season (August-September), the India Meteorological Department confirmed. The latest kharif crop sown area report shows a reduction of 13 lakh (1.3 million) hectares in the sown area of paddy, the dominant kharif crop, compared to last year. In anticipation of the El Niño’s impacts, the Indian Council on Agricultural Research (ICAR) put out an advisory instructing district-level farming research centres – Krishi Vigyan Kendras — to act opportunistically, distributing climate resilient seeds, disseminating advisories, and providing resources on fodder conservation. Even so, drought conditions have led to vocal demands for relief from several parts of the country, including Gujarat and Karnataka, putting the spotlight on the gaps between drought preparedness, detection and declaration. According to the India Drought Monitor, a tool developed by researchers from the Water and Climate Lab at IIT Gandhinagar, nearly 40% of the country is facing abnormal, moderate, or severe levels of dryness as of August 24, based on select hydrometeorological indicators alone. How droughts are declared India’s drought declaration process is dictated by the 2016 Manual for Drought Management, drafted by the Department of Agriculture under the Union&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/el-nino-brings-drought-declaration-into-sharper-focus/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Understanding the true value of forest ecosystem services</title>
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					<pubDate>20 Aug 2026 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sharmila Vaidyanathan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Nature-based Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Carbon Offset, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change Mitigation, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Environment, Forests, Global Warming, Natural Resources, Nature-based Climate Solutions, Payment for Ecosystem Services, and Rainforests]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s forests provide annual ecosystem services worth $2.5 trillion, highlights a new study published in Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. Titled Contribution of forest ecosystem services in India using meta-regression approach, the study reveals that the per-hectare value of ecosystem benefits from India’s forests is about $31,000 per year. Among forest types, tropical dry deciduous forests [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s forests provide annual ecosystem services worth $2.5 trillion, highlights a new study published in Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. Titled Contribution of forest ecosystem services in India using meta-regression approach, the study reveals that the per-hectare value of ecosystem benefits from India’s forests is about $31,000 per year. Among forest types, tropical dry deciduous forests provide the highest economic value at $703 billion, annually. Defined as the direct and indirect benefits that bolster human wellbeing and survival, ecosystem services are further classified into provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. With regard to forests, provisioning services include goods obtained from forest lands, such as timber, food and medicinal plants. Regulating services include carbon sequestration and soil protection, while cultural services include recreational benefits and sacred groves, among others. Supporting services include services such as providing habitats for different species. The authors also examined the economic value of individual services and found that India’s forests provide provisioning, regulating and cultural services worth about $9.64, $12.15 and $17.17 billion, respectively, every year. Supporting services were not analysed in the study. While there is a growing interest in understanding the economic impacts of forest ecosystem services, mainly fuelled by the rise in awareness about the role forests play in climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation, the study highlights the crucial need for incorporating these services into policies and forest conservation measures for better results. “Policymakers increasingly recognise that many of the benefits provided by forests, such as carbon storage, watershed and drought protection, are not&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/understanding-the-true-value-of-forest-ecosystem-services/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Why do changes in the Indian Ocean matter? [Explainer]</title>
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					<pubDate>20 Aug 2026 12:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Bharti Dharapuram]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Climate Connections, Environment Explained, and Making Waves]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Coast, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Fishing, Global Warming, Monsoons, Oceans, Overfishing, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the dynamic Indian Ocean, change is perpetual, as currents, environment, climate and biodiversity interact across multiple scales, even as global warming reshapes these interactions. The Indian Ocean is geologically the youngest of the world’s major oceans, sharing its origin with the Himalayas and is the third largest ocean in the world. Its dynamic nature, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the dynamic Indian Ocean, change is perpetual, as currents, environment, climate and biodiversity interact across multiple scales, even as global warming reshapes these interactions. The Indian Ocean is geologically the youngest of the world’s major oceans, sharing its origin with the Himalayas and is the third largest ocean in the world. Its dynamic nature, with its environment changing in space and time at various scales, impacts the region’s climate, headlined by the monsoon, and its rich biodiversity. The ocean is also the fastest warming tropical oceans in the world, threatening an increase in extreme climatic events and the decline of marine ecosystems that would impact a third of the global human population dependent on it for lives and livelihoods. How did the Indian Ocean take shape? The Indian Ocean originated from the ancient Tethys Sea, once a seaway linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean of today. This seaway closed gradually when a drifting Indian plate collided with the Asian landmass giving rise to the Himalayas, and the African and the Arabian plates closed the gap with Europe. Once a biodiversity hotspot teeming with marine species, particularly in its shallow tropical waters, the closure of this ancient sea led to widespread extinctions, shifting the centre of marine diversity eastwards to Southeast Asia. The closure also had a significant impact on land animals. One of the earliest known whale fossils, Himalayacetus (over 52 million years old), comes from oyster-rich deposits of the Tethys Sea in the foothills of the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/why-do-changes-in-the-indian-ocean-matter-explainer/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Ladakh glaciers losing speed as ice melts, new study warns</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/ladakh-glaciers-losing-speed-as-ice-melts-new-study-warns/</link>
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					<pubDate>18 Aug 2026 14:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glaciers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Himalayas and Ladakh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Ecosystem services, Environment, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, Impacts of Climate Change, Lakes, Mountains, Rivers, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;moving at glacial pace&#8221; is inspired by the slow, inching motion of glaciers as they flow downwards. But new research suggests glaciers in the Zanskar Himalayas in Ladakh are moving even slower than before, with implications for water availability in the region over the long term. Centuries-old glaciers blanketing mountaintops may appear to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;moving at glacial pace&#8221; is inspired by the slow, inching motion of glaciers as they flow downwards. But new research suggests glaciers in the Zanskar Himalayas in Ladakh are moving even slower than before, with implications for water availability in the region over the long term. Centuries-old glaciers blanketing mountaintops may appear to be stationary, but their mass is slowly pulled down by gravitational forces over time. The speed at which glaciers descend can be used as an indicator of their health, explained Manish Mehta, a scientist and glaciologist at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. “Glaciers have two parts. The crown at the top is where ice and snow is accumulated from solid precipitation at higher elevations, and the snout or toe is at the bottom. The accumulation of ice at the crown is what pushes the glacier down, increasing its velocity,” he explained, adding, “But in recent times, glaciers are losing their mass in both the upper and lower zones. With less mass, there is less movement.” In the Zanskar Himalayas in Ladakh, glacier velocity decreased by 16% from 1992 to 2023, a study published in The Cryosphere journal found. The study is among the few long-term observational analyses of glacier velocity from the region, and adds to existing evidence of unprecedented glacier retreat in the world’s third pole. Hagshu glacier in the Zanskar Himalayas of Ladakh. Glaciers in this region are moving slower than before, finds new research, with implications for long-term water security. Image&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/ladakh-glaciers-losing-speed-as-ice-melts-new-study-warns/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Mumbai&#8217;s informal settlements struggle to power their homes</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/mumbais-informal-settlements-struggle-to-power-their-homes/</link>
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					<pubDate>05 Aug 2026 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rhea Arora]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Divya Kilikar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Maharashtra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Governance, Health impacts, and Human Rights]]>
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							<![CDATA[“We pay ₹600 every month whether we get electricity or not. We used to pay more but there are now two electricity mafias competing in this area,” says Ajuma Sheikh, a 63-year-old social worker who stays in Patra chawl in Mumbai’s Mankhurd suburb. For the past 25 years, she has been caught between the powerful [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[“We pay ₹600 every month whether we get electricity or not. We used to pay more but there are now two electricity mafias competing in this area,” says Ajuma Sheikh, a 63-year-old social worker who stays in Patra chawl in Mumbai’s Mankhurd suburb. For the past 25 years, she has been caught between the powerful stakeholders of Mumbai’s electricity sector: the government, Adani Electricity and local unauthorised operators. In and around the Mumbai Port Trust, reserve forest areas and on land owned by the Railways and Defence departments, thousands of people live like the residents of Patra chawl — in densely-packed, make-shift homes made of tin sheets and plastic tarp with poor ventilation and no reliable electricity. “We sit outside all day because it’s too hot to go in,” Sheikh says, pointing to clusters of plastic chairs, cardboard sheets, cement bags, wooden planks, and ripped mattresses arranged haphazardly along the Mankhurd railway track. “We go indoors at 2 a.m. but get bit by mosquitoes all night. We can’t put up a net or light a coil because there’s no ventilation. We’ll suffocate.” Homes in Patra chawl, built with tin sheets that trap heat, can reach indoor temperatures of around 40°C, posing serious health risks. Image by Prachi Adesara/Mongabay. A survey from several South Asian cities including Yavatmal and Jalna in Maharashtra found that temperatures inside tin-roofed homes often exceeded those inside concrete-roofed homes and even outdoor temperatures. Sheikh lists the myriad heat-related conditions her community faces daily: suffocation, dehydration, fainting&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/mumbais-informal-settlements-struggle-to-power-their-homes/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Insects may be guiding seasonal bird movements in the eastern Himalayas, study finds</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/insects-may-be-guiding-seasonal-bird-movements-in-the-eastern-himalayas-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 Jul 2026 10:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manjeera Gowravaram]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastern himalayas]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Himalayas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity, Birds, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Community based conservation, Conservation, Ecology, Forests, Global Warming, Insects, Migration, Mountains, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every winter, in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh, certain birds like babblers, laughing thrushes, yuhinas and other small mountain birds, that spent the warm months at the top of the mountains, begin making their way down. Many of them don&#8217;t really fly at all, they just hop, branch by branch, tree by tree, descending hundreds [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every winter, in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh, certain birds like babblers, laughing thrushes, yuhinas and other small mountain birds, that spent the warm months at the top of the mountains, begin making their way down. Many of them don&#8217;t really fly at all, they just hop, branch by branch, tree by tree, descending hundreds of metres over days and weeks. And come summer, they go back up again. These seasonal journeys are common in the Himalayas, where roughly 65% of high-elevation birds make some form of elevational movement. Yet, the reasons behind these shifts have remained only partially understood. &#8220;The theory behind why birds migrate has two major explanations, both connected to temperature,&#8221; said Tarun Menon, a Ph.D. researcher at the Indian Institute of Science and the study&#8217;s lead author. &#8220;One is that cold directly affects the bird and it moves to stay warm. The other is that the cold affects the food, and the bird is following the food.&#8221; What Menon had noticed during his earlier work in the Himalayas was that the birds that were most likely to migrate down the mountain in winter were almost always insectivores. That observation eventually grew into a larger question: were the birds following the insects rather than escaping the cold? A view of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, where insect availability, more than temperature alone, may be guiding the seasonal movements of birds up and down the mountain ranges. Image by Tarun Menon. The study, published in Biology Letters, offers evidence from&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/insects-may-be-guiding-seasonal-bird-movements-in-the-eastern-himalayas-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/heat-plans-must-account-for-age-and-gender-says-un-women-paper/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Jul 2026 12:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sharmila Vaidyanathan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Environment and Her]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health impacts, Human Rights, Impacts of Climate Change, People, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[India witnessed yet another record-breaking summer this year. As scorching temperatures become the new norm, a new technical paper calls for a more granular understanding of gender and age-specific risks of heat stress. The paper, Gender-differentiated and age-specific risks of heat stress in a warming world: Implications for equality and resilience, by Venge Nyirongo, Deputy [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India witnessed yet another record-breaking summer this year. As scorching temperatures become the new norm, a new technical paper calls for a more granular understanding of gender and age-specific risks of heat stress. The paper, Gender-differentiated and age-specific risks of heat stress in a warming world: Implications for equality and resilience, by Venge Nyirongo, Deputy Chief of Economic Empowerment and Policy Advisor for Sustainable Development at United Nations (UN) Women, highlights that heat stress affects men, women, children, adults and older people differently. Nyirongo explains that biological responses vary between men and women. While men have higher sweat rates than women, mortality from heat stroke and heat-related cardiac events is significantly higher among men. Heat impacts also emerge from the interaction of biological differences and gendered social roles, notes the paper. Strenuous physical work performed outdoors, primarily by men, raises internal body temperatures, placing them at greater risk of heat-related illnesses. For women, the paper notes, the impacts of passive heat exposure experienced indoors during heatwaves are a significant concern. It also points out that much of the agricultural work undertaken by women, such as transporting water or watering seedlings, is carried out during the hottest parts of the day, often without sufficient knowledge about heat impacts or access to cooling measures. “These patterns likely reflect both biology and social behaviour,” writes Nyirongo. He stresses the need for more data collection, monitoring and research to develop targeted heat adaptation measures across different demographic groups. “The paper underscores that a significant&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/heat-plans-must-account-for-age-and-gender-says-un-women-paper/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>What a warming Pacific could mean for India&#8217;s monsoon and farming</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/what-a-warming-pacific-could-mean-for-indias-monsoon-and-farming/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 May 2026 15:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Max Martin]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Niño]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian monsoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Niña]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monsoon]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Decoding Heat]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Science, Extreme Weather Events, Global Warming, Impacts of Climate Change, and Monsoons]]>
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							<![CDATA[Under the blazing May sun in Karnataka’s semi-arid Kolar district, farmer Nagaraj N. is digging yet another borewell to protect his mulberry and paddy fields. Groundwater levels are falling in Channasandra village, where he lives, and he is unsure whether local canals will supply enough water if the monsoon falters. With forecasts hinting at a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Under the blazing May sun in Karnataka’s semi-arid Kolar district, farmer Nagaraj N. is digging yet another borewell to protect his mulberry and paddy fields. Groundwater levels are falling in Channasandra village, where he lives, and he is unsure whether local canals will supply enough water if the monsoon falters. With forecasts hinting at a possible El Niño later this year, he is taking no chances. Across India, climate forecasters are watching the Pacific with similar unease. As global weather agencies warn of a possible strong El Niño — a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific that can disrupt weather worldwide — concern is growing in India over a weaker monsoon, water stress and crop losses. “The latest climate model predictions suggest the development of a severe El Niño over the Pacific Ocean,” said Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Vice Chancellor of Atria University, Bengaluru, and former Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Some models indicate the event could become strong, with sustained warming in the central tropical Pacific exceeding 1.5°C. “Abnormally warm waters are already present below the ocean surface across the equatorial Pacific,” Rajeevan said, adding that this subsurface heat could further strengthen the event, with a likely peak around November or December 2026. “The warming could be more than 2°C,” he told Mongabay-India. The implications could be significant. “This event could have major impacts, including on the Indian monsoon. Not every El Niño leads to a poor monsoon, but if this becomes a severe event, we could see&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/what-a-warming-pacific-could-mean-for-indias-monsoon-and-farming/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/global-sea-surface-temperatures-are-reaching-record-highs-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Apr 2026 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[C.P. Rajendran]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean warming]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Global Warming, and Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rising Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and their seasonal fluctuations have emerged as among the most visible indicators of a warming planet. Yet, while public discourse on global warming tends to focus on rising air temperatures driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the increase in SST and its profound consequences remain underemphasised. Oceans absorb the vast [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rising Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and their seasonal fluctuations have emerged as among the most visible indicators of a warming planet. Yet, while public discourse on global warming tends to focus on rising air temperatures driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the increase in SST and its profound consequences remain underemphasised. Oceans absorb the vast majority of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. As a result, the upper ocean layers are warming at an unprecedented rate, driving SSTs steadily upward. Recent projections indicate that global SSTs are likely to approach record highs in 2025–2026, as oceans continue to accumulate heat at an accelerated pace — a trend expected to persist. Notably, even during temporary cooling phases such as La Niña, SST anomalies remain strongly positive. Should a warming El Niño phase emerge later in 2026, temperatures could climb even higher, underscoring the relentless trajectory of oceanic warming. The world&#8217;s oceans absorb nearly 90% of the excess heat trapped by these gases, making this absorption the primary mechanism behind rising SST. The consequences of warming oceans extend far beyond temperature itself, intensifying extreme weather events, disrupting marine ecosystems, and altering large-scale ocean circulation. Over the past several decades, consistent observational evidence from satellites and ocean buoys has revealed a steady warming trend in the upper ocean. The years 2023 and 2024 have been Earth&#8217;s hottest on record, and in 2024, global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, although to breach the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Climate Accord, this level&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/global-sea-surface-temperatures-are-reaching-record-highs-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India&#8217;s central forests</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/decades-of-warming-and-shifting-rains-are-reshaping-indias-central-forests/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Mar 2026 17:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Simrinsirur]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[biosphere reserves]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Madhya Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Deforestation, Forest Fires, Forests, Global Warming, Temperate Forests, and Trees]]>
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							<![CDATA[Over decades, the tropical deciduous forests of central India have weathered the impacts of a quietly changing climate. New research sheds light on the extent to which long-term changes in temperature and precipitation transformed a protected area in Madhya Pradesh, in addition to the anthropogenic pressures caused by tree felling, extraction, and grazing. The forests [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Over decades, the tropical deciduous forests of central India have weathered the impacts of a quietly changing climate. New research sheds light on the extent to which long-term changes in temperature and precipitation transformed a protected area in Madhya Pradesh, in addition to the anthropogenic pressures caused by tree felling, extraction, and grazing. The forests of central India occupy a vast landscape, stretching over an area of more than 40,837 square kilometres across Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh. Though famed for having a robust tiger population, this region is also home to some of the country’s largest contiguous forested tracts. The Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve (PBR) sits at the heart of this landscape. Researchers from the Central University of Jharkhand and Banaras Hindu University analysed 50 years of climate data and examined its relationship with the PBR, which is also facing pressures from encroachments and extraction. Between 1972 and 2020, the PBR lost approximately 13% of its forest cover, amounting to 391 sq km. “We couldn’t find some of the areas that had been recorded as forest patches in 1972, because by 2020, they had either turned into scrub forests or been converted into other types of land use,” said Amit Kumar, professor at Banaras Hindu University and a co-author of the study. “We also realised that it wasn’t just the impacts of anthropogenic pressures that caused this shift.” Researchers analysed 50 years of climate data and examined its relationship with Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve, which is also facing pressures from encroachments&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/decades-of-warming-and-shifting-rains-are-reshaping-indias-central-forests/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Study identifies a previously unknown climate rhythm shaping the tropics</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/study-identifies-a-previously-unknown-climate-rhythm-shaping-the-tropics/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Jan 2026 11:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Debdutta Paul]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erratic weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temperature rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather patterns]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Indian Ocean]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Global Warming, and Monsoons]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists analysing two decades of satellite observations and global weather reanalysis data have uncovered a previously overlooked rhythm in the tropical climate system. Jiawei Bao, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Austria, and his collaborators have identified a naturally recurring weather pattern that they call the Tropics-Wide Intraseasonal Oscillation [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists analysing two decades of satellite observations and global weather reanalysis data have uncovered a previously overlooked rhythm in the tropical climate system. Jiawei Bao, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Austria, and his collaborators have identified a naturally recurring weather pattern that they call the Tropics-Wide Intraseasonal Oscillation (TWISO) which influences the tropical belt. Their study was recently published in the journal PNAS and explains how TWISO affects the weather over the Indian peninsula. A single TWISO cycle lasts about 30 to 60 days and affects the weather in the tropics, including India and the surrounding Indian Ocean. It was previously undetected because scientists do not expect a pattern that spans the entire tropical latitudes, affecting rainfall, clouds, and winds over several weeks. This finding could bridge the gap between the understanding of daily and seasonal weather patterns. Why this phenomenon remained hidden The accidental discovery of TWISO stems from an observation in 2024, when the group was studying something different. They investigated the relationship between the degree of cloud clustering over tropical latitudes and extreme rainfall events in these regions. This relationship would have enabled them to accurately predict extreme rainfall. While studying the day-to-day variations of the two parameters, they observed a striking pattern: they repeated every 30 to 60 days. They used the same data to determine that other parameters, such as sea surface temperature, atmospheric temperature, and the amount of heat exchanged by the Earth across the atmosphere, also show&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/study-identifies-a-previously-unknown-climate-rhythm-shaping-the-tropics/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/climate-change-shaped-primate-populations-in-northeast-india/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Dec 2025 10:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Anusha Krishnan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northeast India]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecology, Evolution, Global Warming, Habitat Fragmentation, Habitat Loss, Himalayas, Mammals, Primates, Protected Areas, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The forests of northeast India are home to one of the richest primate groups. This region, one of the most biodiverse on the subcontinent, has 14 primate species, including the Phayre’s leaf monkey, hoolock gibbon, Bengal slow loris, and several species of macaques and langurs. What is the story behind this abundance? The answer seems [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The forests of northeast India are home to one of the richest primate groups. This region, one of the most biodiverse on the subcontinent, has 14 primate species, including the Phayre’s leaf monkey, hoolock gibbon, Bengal slow loris, and several species of macaques and langurs. What is the story behind this abundance? The answer seems to be climate change and time. A study, published in Ecology &amp; Evolution, reveals that historic climate shifts played a decisive role in how these primates evolved, dispersed, and adapted to changing forests. The work used genetic data on nine primate species along with habitat modelling to trace how past climate change drove changes in primate populations. “This diversity is a consequence of different evolutionary trajectories followed by various species. We have analysed four different genera and each has exhibited unique characteristics. This will allow us to gain a deeper appreciation for the wildlife and geography of the region and hopefully may inspire more conservation efforts,” says Mihir Trivedi, the lead author, who is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Washington. The results also indicate that population sizes of all the species included in this study have steadily declined, and their habitats have shrunk. As climate change continues to sculpt habitats with shifts in warming, cooling, rainfall, and vegetation patterns, now, at an accelerated rate due to global warming, studies such as this raise important questions about species-specific responses to climate change. Tracing the population patterns of the past indicate that species-wise conservation measures&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/climate-change-shaped-primate-populations-in-northeast-india/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Artists reimagine climate change through public art and performances</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/artists-reimagine-climate-change-through-public-art-and-performances/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Nov 2025 16:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shilpa Raina]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate justice]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Coast, Environment, Environmental Politics, Floods, Global Warming, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[In Kerala’s coastal villages, thousands of families have endured the chronic onslaughts of tidal flooding. While it is possible to learn about this news, how can one experience the lived realities of these families or understand their remarkable resilience? This question led visual artist and educator Radha Gomaty to create an experiential installation, Water as [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In Kerala’s coastal villages, thousands of families have endured the chronic onslaughts of tidal flooding. While it is possible to learn about this news, how can one experience the lived realities of these families or understand their remarkable resilience? This question led visual artist and educator Radha Gomaty to create an experiential installation, Water as Mirror, which replicated the actualities of families living in homes with saline water for months during the inundation. Just as the many homes in these affected coastal villages, the 8 feet x 10 feet one-room installation was inundated with saline water. The walls, weathered by the burden of overt dampness and seawater salinity, were peeling off. A tidal calendar hung precariously above a metal rack stacked with essentials, while an old wall clock was coated in grime. Amidst the chaos, a mirror stood tall, inviting people in to look at themselves and imagine themselves there in the unimaginable pain. Water as Mirror was part of the recently concluded exhibition KaBhumM!!! in Kochi’s Kerala Museum. Its curation aimed to spotlight the impact of tidal flooding on the livelihoods and everyday lives of coastal communities. “Kerala’s coasts are no longer on the brink of a disaster. They are already slipping into it. The ignorance runs so deep that even local visitors were unaware that just a few kilometres away, homes were submerged,” says Gomaty. Artists like Gomaty are transforming abstract data into lived experiences, and are reshaping how people understand and feel the impacts of climate change, through&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/artists-reimagine-climate-change-through-public-art-and-performances/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP</title>
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					<pubDate>11 Nov 2025 15:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temperature rise]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Environment, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Just days before world leaders gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate conference, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a warning that global climate action remains far too weak to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Emissions Gap Report 2025, launched on November 4 this year, finds that even if all [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Just days before world leaders gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate conference, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a warning that global climate action remains far too weak to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Emissions Gap Report 2025, launched on November 4 this year, finds that even if all current national climate pledges are fulfilled, global temperatures are still on track to rise between 2.3°C and 2.5°C this century. Under existing policies, the planet is heading for 2.8 degrees of warming, slightly better than last year’s projection of 3.1 degrees but still far beyond safe limits. The report says the apparent improvement of 0.3 degrees includes a 0.1-degree correction due to methodological updates in emissions data. If the United States follows through with its planned withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, that would cancel another 0.1 degree of progress. The report warns that global temperatures will temporarily exceed the aspirational target of 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement. The best-case scenario would involve a temporary overshoot of approximately 0.3°C before cooling later this century, but this depends on rapid and deep emissions cuts commencing immediately. The report examines the necessary steps to limit overshoot to approximately 0.3°C, with a 66% chance, and return to 1.5°C by 2100, under the &#8220;rapid mitigation action from 2025” scenario. This scenario would require cutting 2030 emissions by 26% and 2035 emissions by 46%, compared to 2019 levels. Nations have had three attempts to deliver promises made under the Paris Agreement,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-recorded-worlds-largest-absolute-rise-in-emissions-finds-unep/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue&#8217;s reach</title>
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					<pubDate>03 Nov 2025 14:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nabeela Khan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dengue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosquito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosquitoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temperature rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tropical disease]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Environment And Health]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Global Warming, Health impacts, and Impacts of Climate Change]]>
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							<![CDATA[Dengue, typically associated with tropical climates and low-income regions, is now spreading beyond its traditional borders. The world&#8217;s cooler areas are expected to see the biggest increase in cases according to a recent analysis of data from 21 countries by the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The study finds that dengue fever cases rise [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Dengue, typically associated with tropical climates and low-income regions, is now spreading beyond its traditional borders. The world&#8217;s cooler areas are expected to see the biggest increase in cases according to a recent analysis of data from 21 countries by the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The study finds that dengue fever cases rise as temperatures increase and a global rise in temperature as well as extreme heat events can lead to an increase in dengue incidences. According to the study, dengue cases may increase by more than double by 2050 in 21 countries with a population of over 260 million people. These countries primarily lie in Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South America. “The effects of temperature were much larger than I expected,” Marissa Childs, lead author and assistant professor of environmental health at the University of Washington said in the statement. “Even small shifts in temperature can have a big impact for dengue transmission, and we’re already seeing the fingerprint of climate warming,” Latest data and studies say that about half of the world&#8217;s population is now at risk of dengue with an estimated 100-400 million infections occurring each year and India is among the 30 most highly endemic countries in the world. Another study published in August 2024 looked at the population at risk and highlighted that five Asian countries contributed to over 80% of the estimated increase with India and China as the top two contributors. A bed with a mosquito net. Dengue,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/warming-temperature-and-humidity-expand-dengues-reach/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/soot-from-the-plains-results-in-drastic-glacier-loss-in-the-himalayas/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Aug 2025 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Soumya Sarkar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacial melt]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate Science, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, and Rivers]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Himalayas face unprecedented ice loss that extends beyond rising global temperatures, a new study has found. The more immediate threat driving accelerating glacier retreat in the region is black carbon from cooking stoves, brick kilns, diesel engines and crop fires across South Asia’s vast plains. Black carbon particles, or soot, survive only days to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Himalayas face unprecedented ice loss that extends beyond rising global temperatures, a new study has found. The more immediate threat driving accelerating glacier retreat in the region is black carbon from cooking stoves, brick kilns, diesel engines and crop fires across South Asia’s vast plains. Black carbon particles, or soot, survive only days to weeks in the atmosphere. Yet, during this brief period, they exert a disproportionate influence on the entire region’s water resources. The study published in June in the journal Communications Earth &amp; Environment, found that black carbon from South Asia accounted for 33.7% of glacial mass loss on the southern Tibetan Plateau between 2007 and 2016. That figure represents nearly one-third of all ice loss over the decade, noted the study led by Junhua Yang, scientist at the Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences based in Lanzhou, China. These findings reinforce the warning by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), a research organisation, which has linked rapid glacier loss across the Hindu Kush Himalayas with albedo shifts from soot and dust deposits. Albedo shifts refer to changes in the reflectivity of a surface in the context of Earth’s climate. When the albedo of a surface changes, it alters the amount of solar energy reflected versus absorbed, impacting regional and global temperatures. The latest research, which quantifies the loss, raises pressing questions about the fate of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus rivers, which depend on glacial runoff and sustain&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/soot-from-the-plains-results-in-drastic-glacier-loss-in-the-himalayas/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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