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As a riverfront plan advances, ecologists warn of damage to floodplains, biodiversity

Air pollution smothers productivity

Clean fuel mandate pushes Mumbai’s traditional pav bakeries away from coal

Planning gaps and modern construction keep vulnerabilities alive

Environmentalists concerned over size-based buffer zones for water bodies

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

The lab-field disconnect in the capital’s pollution crisis [Commentary]

Cloud seeding not a proven solution for air pollution

Scientists warn of land sinking beneath India’s megacities

Quarries devour buffer forests of Western Ghats after sand mining ban

Uncertainty around future of Mumbai’s last green lung

The environmental cost of a tunnel road

How excess rains and poor wastewater management send microplastics into city lakes

Cicadas sing in sync as the sun rises

How a hill town’s narrative is changing from “the coldest place” to “a leopard’s trail” [Commentary]

Early investments in climate resilience could save India billions in disaster management

Floods in Manipur worsened by human activities and climate pressures

Intense rainfall spotlights the fault in Kolkata’s aging, clogged drainage systems

Study maps the most unstable slopes along an important Himalayan highway

Rare dhole sighting a reminder of unexpected biodiversity in Pune’s landscapes