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Bihar highly vulnerable to climate change, says study, but lacks action plan

Rohin Kumar 19 May 2021
Embankment work is going on Bagmati river near Belwa. Photo- WRD Bihar/Facebook

Farmers, near Bagmati river in Bihar, pick fertility of land over safety from floods

Pushyamitra 20 Apr 2021

Chamoli floods trigger concerns against rapid development in the Himalayan region

Hridayesh Joshi, Mayank Aggarwal 10 Feb 2021
Aerial views of Brahmaputra river. Photo by Ashwin Kumar/Wikimedia commons.

Ancient tree rings shed light on Brahmaputra’s flood risk

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jan 2021

Latest Kaziranga expansion brings back fear of evictions among residents

Anupam Chakravartty 25 Nov 2020

Hyderabad floods highlight the need for a disaster mitigation and climate resilience plan

M. Somasekhar 2 Nov 2020
Flooded oil palm plantation. Image courtesy of Clara Zemp

Worsening floods in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island linked to oil palm plantations

Basten Gokkon 19 Oct 2020

To dam or not to dam? Floods in eastern Vidarbha raise the perennial debate

Nivedita Khandekar 18 Sep 2020

Present versus past: Environmental threats can destroy Edakkal caves and their Stone Age carvings

K.A. Shaji 16 Sep 2020

Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment

Nina Varghese 22 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

Deadly landslides are becoming Kerala’s new reality every monsoon

K.A. Shaji 11 Aug 2020

As assembly election nears, Kerala government announces environmentally controversial projects

K.A. Shaji 14 Jul 2020

Protect India’s forests and urban green spaces, says India’s climate change report

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Jun 2020

[Commentary] India can build back better from COVID-19

Atul Bagai 5 Jun 2020

With floods and COVID-19, Assam faces a dual threat

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jun 2020

Climate change favours locust swarms, India increasingly at risk

Soumya Sarkar 2 Jun 2020

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

Soumya Sarkar 25 May 2020