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ISRO-NASA radar to offer a closer look at Earth’s changing landscapes

Max Martin 5 Nov 2025
The risks of working in a tectonically active and landslide-prone region are heightened by rainfall, steep and variable topography, and highly fractured rock masses. These lead to higher landslide susceptibility, directly affecting road safety, construction costs, and project timelines. Image by NHIDCL.

Study maps the most unstable slopes along an important Himalayan highway

Hirra Azmat 23 Sep 2025
Nyenchen Tanglha peak in central Tibet. Image by McKay Savage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

The tectonic journey of the roof of the world [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 18 Aug 2025
A train passes through the Palghat gap. Image by Robtheequalizer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The mountain pass that is a morphologic marvel and a scientific paradox [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 1 Apr 2025

[Book review] Unravelling India’s seismic mysteries and our preparedness for the future

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Sep 2024

Algorithm identifies landslide movements making them easier to predict

Harvin Bhathal 3 Jun 2024
Joyeeta Gupta speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo by World Economic Forum - Jakob Polacsek/ Flickr.

[Interview] Joyeeta Gupta: The Indian voice for environmental justice at global platforms

Arathi Menon 27 Jul 2023

“Justice” takes centrestage in the latest Earth Commission report

Arathi Menon 13 Jun 2023
Image shows a bufaalo with starlins on its back followed by a calf near a water body

[Explainer] What is mutualism?

Anusha Krishnan 1 May 2023

[Podcast] Imprints: Lake hopping with Anoop Ambili

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 3 Feb 2023

Imprints: Digging up bones with Advait Jukar

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 6 Jan 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
Image shows a cloudy sky at sunset in West Bengal, India

Isotopic technique to record rainfall data can boost monsoon prediction

Archita Bhatta 9 Nov 2022

Multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river ring alarm bells

Anzer Ayoob, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2022
Image shows a pre-dawn view of Trishul peak in the Himalayas

[Book Review] In The Living Mountain, Ghosh holds up a time-traveller’s mirror to the climate crisis

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 Jul 2022
The vast expanse of roiling grey clouds advances from the Arabian sea and makes landfall in Kerala, around the first week of June, kickstarting the southwest monsoon season. Photo by Anoop Joy/ Flickr.

[Explainer] How does the Indian monsoon develop?

Anusha Krishnan 30 May 2022

High-flying dragons: how the globe skimmer migrates across the Indian Ocean

Neha Jain 10 Nov 2021

A wake-up jolt? Assam’s 6.4 quake exposes its vulnerabilities

Azera Parveen Rahman 17 May 2021

Lightning kills more people than other weather extremes

Sahana Ghosh 6 Mar 2019