Durga puja art exhibits spur dialogue on conservation
Underpinned by the message of “good-over-evil”, Durga puja or the worship of goddess Durga, is one of the most important event in the religious calendar in east India. In contemporary times,…
Climate Change News
IPCC report warns that impacts can get severe if global warming is not limited
At the December 2015 Paris Climate Summit (COP 21), India championed the cause of sustainable lifestyle and sustainable consumption and production to address climate change. Now, a recent report released…
Community protest in the fragile Ladakh Himalayas forces motor rally to change course
A recent stir launched by wildlife enthusiasts and activists in the Ladakh Himalayas over a major motorsport rally intruding upon ecologically sensitive areas of the cold desert, including high-altitude wetlands,…
[Commentary] Understanding extreme weather events through attribution analysis
Attribution analyses not only help in better understanding of the processes leading up to an extreme event and how such processes have changed or will change in future, attribution information…
Why land degradation in India has increased and how to deal with it
Land degradation can exacerbate climate change and threaten agricultural productivity, water quality, biodiversity, sustainable development, and the living conditions of humans and wildlife, among other effects. Globally, a third of…
Higher average temperatures linked to chikungunya risk in India
The risk of transmission of chikungunya in India increases with a steady spike in average temperatures in the south Asian nation, a climate-based modeling study has said. Researchers suggest the…
Seeking a second home for Manipur’s dancing deer
Is time running out for the 260-odd endangered sangai deer which have their only home Manipur? The sangai or the Indian Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii eldii) resides as an isolated single…
Rainforest coffee better for taste and biodiversity, but needs policy support for farmers’ income
New research findings caution against the ongoing introduction of exotic silver oak tree species into coffee farm systems in the Indian Western Ghats. Scientists say this could become a threat…
India has brought 9.8 million hectares of degraded land under restoration since 2011
India has brought an area of 9.8 million hectares of deforested and degraded land under restoration since 2011, in its effort to fulfil its commitment to the global Bonn Challenge,…
Wheat genome unravelled: can help in dealing with climate change
It took the best scientific minds from 20 nations, including India, to scale what is considered as the “Mt. Everest of the genome world”. After 13 years of painstaking effort,…
