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A drought affected field in Ladakh. Many states in India are the most vulnerable to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones, possibly brought on by climate change. Photo by Christopher Michel/Wikimedia commons

Empty pledges in Glasgow won’t cool down an overheated planet

Soumya Sarkar 29 Oct 2021

Extreme weather becomes the new normal in India’s main monsoon season

Soumya Sarkar 19 Oct 2021

Himachal Pradesh and its recurring face-off with disasters

Kapil Kajal 3 Sep 2021
'Flood-hit villages relocating after flood in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Photo by Madhav

Limitations in Bihar’s flood relief likely due to budget constraints

Pushyamitra 4 Aug 2021

[Commentary] The role of hydropower projects in development and disasters in Uttarakhand

Jeet Singh 2 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents

Kalpita Bhar Paul 16 Jul 2021

[Commentary] India needs a national heat code

Chandra Bhushan 9 Jul 2021

How infrastructure projects intensified cyclone Tauktae’s impacts in Kerala

K.A. Shaji 24 May 2021

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

Azera Parveen Rahman 17 May 2021
Foxnuts are commonly consumed in puffed and roasted forms. They can be tossed with some black salt and consumed as a snack. Some people prefer its Kheer

Bihar farmers take up makhana farming to cope with weather uncertainties

Pushyamitra 25 Mar 2021

Environmental issues in agriculture a silent reason behind farmers’ protests

Mayank Aggarwal, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 8 Dec 2020
Over 2.7 lakh residents were in shelters and camps, and personnel from the Fire, Police and Disaster Management Response Forces were active in several districts. Rescue workers at a residential area in Mudichur, Chennai. Photo by Adaleru Ramamoorthi.

Though Cyclone Nivar had a soft landing, floods hit coastal districts

Mahima Jain 1 Dec 2020

Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year

Ankita Sengupta 31 Aug 2020

There’s more to Kodagu floods than heavy rains

Arathi Menon 17 Aug 2020

Floods across the country highlight need for a robust flood management structure

Hridayesh Joshi 13 Aug 2020

Mumbai flood breaches new frontiers

Tanvi Deshpande 12 Aug 2020

[Photos] Scenes from the Sundarbans after Amphan

Sahana Ghosh and Kartik Chandramouli 29 May 2020

Erosion, an important cause of mangrove loss in the Sundarbans

Sahana Ghosh 28 May 2020

[Analysis] Cyclone Amphan puts focus back on millions displaced by climate disasters

Soumya Sarkar 25 May 2020

El Niño-Southern Oscillation can affect tuna fish in the Indian Ocean, says FAO report

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 24 Apr 2020