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Farmers display their pearl millet crop. Representative image by ICRISAT via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Diversifying beyond rice to cut losses and improve alternative cereal yields

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Dec 2025
A Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor). Representative image from a zoo by Hans de Bisschop via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The elusive Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Nov 2025

What really happened to rural Bihar’s solar plans

Nisha Kumari, Puja Bhattacharjee 27 Nov 2025
An aerial view of visitors at a rewilded area in Fringe Ford. Image courtesy of Fringe Ford.

Legal ambiguity hinders rewilding efforts in India

Arathi Menon 27 Nov 2025
Pollution in Delhi hangs over an apartment complex. Representative image by Sumitmpsd via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cloud seeding not a proven solution for air pollution

Aisiri Amin 26 Nov 2025
The Sikkole river. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

The Irulas mourn a fading river

B. Vijayarani 26 Nov 2025
A tree plantation near Hanley showing flood irrigation of a willow-poplar mixed plantation in an otherwise dry steppe habitat. Image by Mayank Kohli.

Ladakh needs ecology-focused policy, not mass tree planting [Commentary]

Dawa Dolma 26 Nov 2025

India announces a unified climate finance mechanism to implement its climate action strategy

Manish Chandra Mishra 25 Nov 2025
The single forest road that connects Cholanaikkans with the outside world. Image by Unnnikrishnan Avala.

Asia’s last cave dwellers vanishing in the shadows of change

K.A. Shaji 25 Nov 2025

India sharpens equity and finance demands as COP30 draft text raises new concerns

Manish Chandra Mishra 21 Nov 2025
An iron ore mining operation. India's environment ministry granted post-facto clearance to over 100 projects and issued terms of reference for more, including coal and iron mines, factories, and other large projects. Representative image by CDE Global via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Supreme Court rolls back order banning post-facto environmental clearance

Simrin Sirur 20 Nov 2025

India falls in climate performance rankings

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Nov 2025

Documentaries rooted in land, water and culture, shine at DIFF

Megha Acharya 19 Nov 2025
Saalumarada Thimakka. Image by Arun4speed via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees, has died, aged 114 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Nov 2025
A specimen of Charmus laneus from Coimbatore, which is the type locality of Charmus indicus. C. indicus has now been synonymised with C. laneus. Image by Shauri Sulakhe.

Scientists correct a century-old misidentified scorpion and describe a new species

Vandana K. 17 Nov 2025
A female bonobo. Representative image by Hans Hillewaert via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India defends animal imports, calls wildlife governance ‘unmatched’

Simrin Sirur 14 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

The plot twists about a river’s politics [Book Review]

Arti Das 13 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
Industries near Mumbai. Representative image by Sumaira Abdulali via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Nov 2025