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State Disaster Response Force personnel head to rescue affected people after heavy rainfall in Guwahati in April 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

While the world hesitates, India must continue leading on climate [Commentary]

Minal Pathak, Vaibhav Chaturvedi 12 May 2026
An active urban freshwater spring channeled through PVC piping amidst residential buildings in Tadong, Gangto, Sikkim. Image by Avantika Thapa.

Overlooked urban springs can strengthen water security in Himalayan cities [Commentary]

Sailendra Dewan, Niharika Bindal 11 May 2026

Pollution and poor infrastructure remain barriers to cyclists in India

Aisiri Amin 8 May 2026
Labourers sleep on a road median in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s heat crisis is a labour, health and finance challenge, says white paper

Manish Chandra Mishra 5 May 2026
Volunteers remove water logging in potholes after heavy rain in Kochi, Kerala, in 2022. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer)

Better urban services require citizen participation [Commentary]

Katie Pyle, Neha Malhotra Singh 4 May 2026
The mobile Bandhu clinic at the Pathalam Junction in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. In 2024, the World Health Organisation recognised the Bandhu Clinics as one of the 140 global experiences promoting refugee and migrant health. Image by Mahima Jain.

Making services move with migrants facing climate risks

Mahima Jain 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
Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026

The ‘correction’ clause rewriting Goa’s landscape

Simrin Sirur, Hagen Desa 23 Apr 2026

Birds are colliding with glass. Few in India are counting.

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Apr 2026
A pair of grey hornbills rest on a flowering tree. Image by Neha Sinha.

The wilderness story of a bustling, expanding capital [Book Review]

Usha Rai 20 Apr 2026
Volunteers clear plastic and other garbage littered on the shores of Mumbai on World Environment Day in 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Why environmental policy must integrate behavioural change [Commentary]

Balakrishna Pisupati, Flavia Lopes 8 Apr 2026
The Aga Khan Bridge in Pune over the Mula-Mutha River, a key water source, highlights the growing need for better water management amid increasing demand and pollution. Image by Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Water costs in Pune may rise by 2050, study warns

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Mar 2026

The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks

Chandrani Sinha 25 Mar 2026
While indoor green infrastructure can improve indoor settings, it is not a replacement for ventilation. Researchers say that earlier research often showed what plants might do under simplified conditions, but not how they perform in real buildings. Representative image by Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Mar 2026
A student identifies her neighbourhood in Jakkur at the public consultations for the Ward-level Climate Action Plan in Bengaluru. Image by Mahima Jain.

Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities

Mahima Jain 18 Mar 2026

Municipal bonds need more than incentives to fund India’s cities [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 11 Mar 2026
A road in Leh. Empty hotels and closed businesses are proof that Ladakh’s tourism boom is dwindling. Terrorist attacks in 2025, record rainfall and local violence severely impacted tourism in the region, leading to a sharp decline in revenue for hotel and taxi businesses. Image by Shailesh Srivastava/Mongabay.

A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert

Shailesh Shrivastava 6 Mar 2026
A school girl wearing a face mask walks across a foot over bridge amidst smog in New Delhi in November, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pollution concentrations soar higher above ground during haze

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Mar 2026
A spotted owlet at IIHS Kengeri campus, Bengaluru. Image by Jagdish Krishnaswamy.

Study finds urban nature-based solutions overlook biodiversity

Aisiri Amin 2 Mar 2026