On April 7, the Supreme Court released an order which many called extraordinary. While hearing a petition about the habitat of the critically endangered great Indian bustard (GIB), the apex…
On a hot summer day in 2020, Savitri Bhanse went to tend to her chickens in her small backyard farm. But her ordinary routine of checking and feeding her chickens…
India is gearing up for its six-week general election, scheduled to begin later in April. But it must also brace for an especially hot summer, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Eminent Indian ecologist and international environment policy expert S. Faizi is among the six recipients of the Alliance World of Scientists (AWS) 2024 Planet Earth Awards. A staunch supporter of…
Ashadi Beej, the Kutchi new year, marks the beginning of monsoon in the Kachchh region of Gujarat. The festival, which falls at the end of June, also signals a break…
It is almost a cliché to say that the wars of the future will be fought over water. Most of such predictions are focused on the contested geographies of river…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in its country profile for India notes that though the country's landmass covers only 2.4% of the world's land area, it packs…
The Western Indian Himalayan Region is more prone to risks from climate change compared to the Eastern Himalayan ranges, a new climate risk index, designed by researchers from the Indian…
The 1960s were the years of severe food grain shortage in India. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, inquired if technical solutions were available anywhere in the world to increase…
There’s an important number in the world of climate change jargon that scientists and politicians have warned not to cross. Foreboding headlines say we are getting closer and closer to…
“The earth has a fever,” scientists say rather poetically. This means that it is beginning to cross the thresholds of 1.5 and 2 degree Celsius (°C) temperature rise compared to…
In December last year, as the largest annual climate conference, the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), was underway, researchers from a prominent global environmental think tank made a provocative argument:…
Sajida Sheikh’s job is to stitch wads of raw fabric that come for dyeing at Gujarat ECO Textile Park, a textile cluster at Palsana, in Gujarat’s Surat district. For 17…
Once firm in their base camps on the lower reaches of the mountains, alpine treelines in the Himalayas and Hengduan regions are now in a slow-motion race towards the mountaintops…
Increasing amounts of black carbon in the atmosphere are leading to extreme rainfall in Asian countries such as India and China, suggested a policy brief from the Center for Study…
Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing dry weather over the past six weeks, posing a significant threat to the region's biodiversity. Experts warn of adverse impacts on water bodies, glaciers…
During a field visit in the Kumaon region of the Central Himalayas, a team of researchers was surprised to find clusters of white flowers growing on dead tree trunks and…
During the Northeast Monsoon (NEM) of 2023, Tirunelveli, a coastal district in the southern part of Tamil Nadu witnessed record-breaking rainfall of 123.9 cm. This observation was 146% higher than…
Early snow-melting triggers complex responses in alpine plant species, influencing traits like leaf composition and resource acquisition strategies, a recent study finds. The study analysed species’ response to experimentally induced…
For countries to meet the target of keeping global warming within 2°C and ideally below 1.5°C, greenhouse gases need to be reduced, by at least 43%, by 2030. One way to…