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Why are residents of low-lying Kuttanad abandoning their homes?

K.A. Shaji 25 Aug 2021

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021

Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast

Sahana Ghosh 20 Aug 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

IPCC report warns India likely to see more extreme weather events

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 11 Aug 2021

India’s renewable energy industry is up against financial challenges

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Aug 2021

India’s struggling wind power sector needs fresh air to regain growth

Mayank Aggarwal 5 Aug 2021
An invasive alien plant species (Mikania micrantha) growing along the roads to Thalassery, Kerala. Roads often function as corridors of long-distance spread and establishment of IAPS. Photo by A. K. Banerjee

[Commentary] We know the problem of alien invasive species, but are we doing enough to solve it?

Achyut Kumar Banerjee 4 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay, Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021

[Explainer] IPCC AR6 and its relevance to India

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 30 Jul 2021
Excess application of fertilizers and pesticides contaminates groundwater which harms animals and public health. Photo by Rituparna Palit.

India’s new geospatial norms pave way for agri boost

Rituparna Palit 15 Jul 2021
India’s monsoons are important to its agriculture and economy. Farms during India's monsoon season in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and warming shaped past Indian monsoons: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jul 2021

[Commentary] India needs a national heat code

Chandra Bhushan 9 Jul 2021

[Commentary] Long term rainfall patterns and flooding in Pune city

Ayushman Singh, Joy Merwin Monteiro, Bejoy K. Thomas 9 Jul 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021
Pineapple agroforestry system in southern Assam. Photo by Animekh Hazarika.

Harnessing the unrealised potential of agroforestry in curbing climate change in India

Neha Jain 6 Jul 2021

Are we overlooking the role of grasslands in mitigating climate change?

Aathira Perinchery 29 Jun 2021

NITI Aayog ranks states on progress toward SDG goals but yardsticks have been changing

Kundan Pandey 25 Jun 2021

Environmentalists raise concerns about Kerala’s Silver Line project that passes through ecologically sensitive areas

K.A. Shaji 24 Jun 2021

Excitement of Himalayan pheasant sighting dulled by potential threats to the bird

Sahana Ghosh 24 Jun 2021