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To address snow droughts in the Himalayas, experts suggest investing in seasonal water storage infrastructure, upgrading irrigation and water efficiency technologies, and preparing robust cross-sectoral drought management plans. Image by Hemant Singh.

Snow droughts intensify across the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Hirra Azmat 3 Dec 2025

The lab-field disconnect in the capital’s pollution crisis [Commentary]

Rajeev Kumar 1 Dec 2025
Indian delegates at the closing plenary on November 22. Image © UN Climate Change – Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Soaring expectations met with sinking outcomes at climate summit

Soumya Sarkar 24 Nov 2025
Delegates speak informally before the start of closing plenary Image © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment

Aditi Tandon 24 Nov 2025
A farmer operates a tractor in a wheat field in Punjab. Farmers at work in Maharashtra. The Global Methane Status Report 2025 found that agriculture accounts for 42% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, and that India is yet to plan sufficient action steps to reduce emissions in this category. Image by CIAT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Status report shows methane emissions rising despite policy progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Nov 2025
Opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in the Brazilian Amazon. (Photo: © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)

As global emissions start to drop, UN warns acceleration on climate action needed

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2025
An artwork curated as part of Time as a Mother by Damian Christinger and Ravi Agarwal for Serendipity Arts Festival 2023. Ravi's curatorial approach explores the intersections of art, ecology, and climate change. Image by Philippe Calia and Sunil Thakkar/Serendipity Arts Festival. 

Artists reimagine climate change through public art and performances

Shilpa Raina 12 Nov 2025

India’s urban-rural air quality divide

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Sep 2025
A man rows past a bus partly submerged in flood water in Rishikesh in June 2013. Extreme rain during the monsoon led to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides during this time in the Western Himalayas. (AP Photo)

What are cloudbursts? Why do they occur and how can cloudburst risks be reduced? [Explainer]

Max Martin 27 Aug 2025

Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025
Sulochana Gadgil by Ministry of Earth Sciences via Facebook. Monsoon in the Western Ghats by KV 192 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sulochana Gadgil: The woman who chased clouds [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jul 2025
Blood glucose testing being conducted in a clinic in Kolkata. Representative image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Overlooking climate change impacts may affect diabetes treatment in India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 10 Jul 2025
Caves in the Morteratsch-Pers glacier complex. Image by Lander Van Tricht (ETH Zurich/Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Stabilised global warming will still leave 39% of glaciers lost

Simrin Sirur 3 Jul 2025

Climate misinformation leads people to lose hope and faith in science: report

Aditi Tandon 1 Jul 2025
Ram Nivas, Rekha and another farmer sort green beans in Samaspur village. Image by Rishabh Ojha.

Weather forecasting improves but access remains uneven for farmers

Rituparna Palit 27 Jun 2025

Using Indian languages for environmental reporting

Saumitra Shinde 10 Jun 2025
Researchers conduct fieldwork on the Trambau Glacier in Rolwaling region, Nepal in 2019. Image by Koji Fujita (Nagoya University).

World set to lose 39% of glaciers, says study

Simrin Sirur 6 Jun 2025
Study authors conducting field work at the Makum coalfield in Assam. Image courtesy of Harshita Bhatia.

Fossil study takes a leaf out of climate history to predict ecological changes

Arathi Menon 5 May 2025
Drilling equipment is lowered onto a site that was part of the research from 2016-19, which found that ice temperatures in Khumbu Glacier were warmer than expected. Image by University of Leeds Press Office.

Digging into icy depths to understand glacial melt

Meena Menon 24 Apr 2025

Flood risk study of Himalayan valley highlights unregulated tourism as a cause

Arathi Menon 29 Jul 2024