Ganga is shifting away from Patna
“In last 20 years Gangaji has moved too far from here, perhaps our sins have caused this. We pollute it so much and dig its heart (for mining) day and…
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[Commentary] Looking beyond the Chennai city, at the Chennai watershed
It is an era of rapid urban expansion that ignores sustainable urban planning principles until disaster strikes. The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu is no exception to this rule.…
In Marathwada the queues are for collecting water during this election season
The irony is unmistakable. In the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, which is in the grip of arguably the worst drought since 1972, what stands out is hectic road construction. En…
[Video] Climate-resilient agricultural methods help Andaman’s farmers
The Andaman & Nicobar islands, one of the Union Territories of India, are a group of islands between the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. The islands receive over 3000…
Schoolchildren in Assam produce their agenda for the national elections
Children across the world have realised it's now or never. As youth worldwide skip schools today in protest to demand action on climate change, a group of girls in the flood-prone…
Cooking beetles: An island in Assam is eating its farm pest
Beetle fry, anyone? A ‘Pest-aurant’ in the remote and rapidly-shrinking Majuli, world’s largest river island in northeast India, has cooked up a unique method to prevent pests from attacking crops…
Invasive plant species are creeping into Kerala after the floods
Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata), a commonly seen plant in Kerala, is locally known as “Communist Pacha (green)”, as it spread all over the state within a short span of time just like Communism…
Editor’s pick: Stories that made impact in 2018
2018 is the year of our beginning, the year when we took our baby steps to start covering conservation and environment news from India. Though we formally launched on January…
Linking Kerala floods to anthropogenic climate change ‘difficult’, finds a study
Is the devastating 2018 flood in Kerala linked to climate change? Based on a study that does not find any long term increase in the mean or heavy monsoon rainfall in…
Photos: After Cyclone Gaja
On November 11 this year, Cyclone Gaja hit the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. Over the course of a little more than a week, thousands of people lost their homes,…
