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Toxic pollutants from industries on Bellundur lake in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2025
Cicadas begin calling when triggered by the first sunlight just before dawn. They even coordinate with each other just like particles in a magnet. Image by Rakesh Khanna.

Cicadas sing in sync as the sun rises

Debdutta Paul 27 Oct 2025
A leopard seen on the road to Sukhia Pokhri. Image by Prabin Subba.

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

Avantika Thapa 27 Oct 2025
A man pushing his motorbike in a flood in West Bengal.

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

Simrin Sirur 16 Oct 2025
A boy carries a gas cylinder to a rescue boat from his inundated kitchen in Mantripukhri, Imphal East district in June 2024. Image by Ningthoujam Victor.

Floods in Manipur worsened by human activities and climate pressures

Donald Takhell 1 Oct 2025

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

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 30 Sep 2025
The risks of working in a tectonically active and landslide-prone region are heightened by rainfall, steep and variable topography, and highly fractured rock masses. These lead to higher landslide susceptibility, directly affecting road safety, construction costs, and project timelines. Image by NHIDCL.

Study maps the most unstable slopes along an important Himalayan highway

Hirra Azmat 23 Sep 2025

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

Aditi Tandon 22 Sep 2025

India’s urban-rural air quality divide

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Sep 2025
A man applies reflective paint to the roof of a house to cool the indoors in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A whole-system approach to cooling in a warming world [Commentary]

Prima Madan, Akash Goenka 25 Aug 2025

Children face a disproportionate burden of environmental risks

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Aug 2025
A municipal worker helps a man push his bike through a waterlogged road following heavy rains in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mumbai reels under relentless rain

Kundan Pandey 20 Aug 2025
In the 2000s, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened to the public. In the 2010s, a 29.2 kilometre long coastal road was conceptualised along the western side of Mumbai. Image by Wirestock/Envato.

Can a native forest rewrite the story of Mumbai’s coastline? [Commentary]

Manan Shah, Namrata Dewanjee 1 Aug 2025
A data server room in Switzerland. Representative image by Florian Hirzinger via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data centres face physical climate risks, report warns

Priyanka Shankar 28 Jul 2025
Saplings planted alongside Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Manu Moudgil, Simrin Sirur 18 Jul 2025
A Waste-to-Energy plant is being constructed within the dumping ground, close to residential areas. Image by Esha Lohia.

Redevelopment plan sparks fear of displacement and toxic relocation

Esha Lohia 10 Jul 2025

A new biopark to expand urban green cover

Arathi Menon 9 Jul 2025
A kestrel perched on a pole in Bengaluru. These birds are more common in the outskirts of the city. Image by Jagdish Krishnaswamy.

How urban birds respond to heat and green cover

Anusha Krishnan 9 Jul 2025
Flood-affected areas in Amreli, Gujarat in June 2015. Image by Indian Air Force, licensed under Government Open Data License – India (GODL).

Data deserts and drowning cities [Commentary]

Soumya Bhowmick 25 Jun 2025

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

Nikhil Sreekandan 25 Jun 2025