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People walking on a road adjacent to the MSW dump

Untreated legacy waste is polluting the sensitive wetland ecosystem of Deepor Beel

Barasha Das 24 Aug 2022
A dolphin in Kulsi river. Photo from Prasanna Kalita.

Gangetic river dolphins in Assam decline in the wake of anthropogenic pressures

Nabarun Guha 24 Aug 2022
Image shows a lake under overcast skies in India

A hope for climate-focused urban planning in Assam’s cities reeling from severe floods

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 10 Aug 2022
A shop set on a raft in Guwahati. Assam has 9.40 percent of the total flood-prone area of the country.

Unprecedented flood cripples Assam, massive loss of life and property reported

Nabarun Guha 30 Jun 2022

Scientists unpack the influence of black carbon aerosols on rainfall in northeast India

Sahana Ghosh 23 Jun 2022
Image shows a herd of elephants walking through a paddy field in India

Fences of lemon trees keep elephants away from Assam farmers’ crops and homes

Kasturi Das 15 Jun 2022

Electromagnetic radiation levels till a certain limit found to have no impact on sparrows in Guwahati

Roopak Goswami 9 Jun 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha and Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022

Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022
Dogs not only compete with the raptors for food but there are many instances when they chase and attack them. Photo by Prasanna Kalita.

Vultures in Assam die by pesticide poisoning targeting stray dogs

Nabarun Guha 11 Apr 2022
The habitat of golden langurs in Assam is severely fragmented and patchy. Photo by Udayan Borthakur.

Golden langur threatened by lack of suitable habitat

Roopak Goswami 4 Apr 2022
A view of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Sanskrita Bharadwaj.

Saving elephants from train hits near Deepor beel in Assam

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 17 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022

Oil palm expansion in northeast India gives rise to human-elephant conflict concerns

Nabarun Guha 11 Mar 2022

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Mar 2022
Solar PVs at the Rosekandy tea estate. Photo by Roofsol Energy.

Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Roopak Goswami 17 Feb 2022

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022
Forest man of India' Jadav Payeng in his Molai Kathoni forest. Photo by Anudip Gogoi.

Planted forests can tackle flood and erosion impacts along the Brahmaputra

Nabarun Guha 29 Nov 2021

Floating solars illuminating Indian hinterlands, likely to see more expansion

Manish Kumar 26 Nov 2021

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021