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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

[Charts] What is the 1.5°C ‘target’?

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2024

Prolonged dry weather impacts J&K’s key sectors, forests, glaciers and water bodies

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Jan 2024

[Video] Assessing daily weather from India’s highest meteorological station

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Oct 2023
At the National Expo XIII (in 2009) that organised by the 'Central Calcutta Science & Cultural Organisation for Youth' at North 24 Parganas. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Explainer] Why do we use jargon when talking about science?

Anusha Krishnan 26 Jun 2023

“Justice” takes centrestage in the latest Earth Commission report

Arathi Menon 13 Jun 2023

Nature-based learning programmes improve environment and climate literacy in Chennai

Aparna Ganesan 25 Apr 2023
Sandra Diaz, Argentine ecologist and co-chair of the IPBES Global Assessment, says that the indirect drivers of change such as the way we consume, eat, use energy, trade, and the ideas we have of what is a fulfilling life, impact nature. Photo by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation)/Wikimedia Commons.

[Interview] IPBES scientist Sandra Diaz on the need for bold targets to tackle biodiversity loss

Sahana Ghosh 15 Dec 2022

[Podcast] Imprints: Lake and archive diving with Atreyee Bhattacharya

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 9 Dec 2022

Misinformation leads to misperception, polarisation causing delay in climate action: IPCC report

Aditi Tandon 12 Apr 2022
Solar power park in Telangana. Photo by Thomas Llyod Group/Wikimedia Commons.

IPCC report shows a greater need for increased climate action

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2022

Stop efforts to dim the Sun and cool Earth, say scientists

Shanna Hanbury 8 Feb 2022

[Commentary] To address climate change, grow and restore soil, not trees

G. Ravikanth, P. Srinivas Vasu, Veena Srinivasan 10 Jan 2022

Analysts observing climate misinformation at COP26 say it could jeopardise climate action

Aditi Tandon 16 Dec 2021