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[Commentary] Cyclone Bulbul in the Indian Sundarbans: Another lesson on deltaic vulnerability and resilience

Amrita Sen, Jenia Mukherjee 2 Dec 2019

As the Brahmaputra swells, erosion-affected families await revised policy

Amarjyoti Borah 20 Nov 2019

India needs to double rate of forest cover expansion to achieve Paris Agreement target

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Nov 2019

Climate change threatens Wayanad’s agrarian and tourism prospects

K.A. Shaji 31 Oct 2019

Unstoppable rivers: Bhutan’s quest for energy security and development in a changing climate

Emma Johnson 28 Oct 2019

Hills of peril: Southwest monsoon inflicts severe damage in the Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 23 Oct 2019

Preparedness remains inadequate even as floods become an annual affair in Kerala

Haritha John 14 Oct 2019

Salt pans save Mumbai from floods. So why are they under threat?

Nikhil S. Dixit 14 Oct 2019

[Commentary] Turning to the skies for search and rescue during floods

Pratyush Tripathy, Teja Malladi 10 Oct 2019
Coonoor stream after it was cleaned up. Photo by Clean Coonoor.

Coonoor citizens and officials clean the streams and river in the hill town

Nina Varghese 2 Oct 2019

Badly designed highways splinter Goa’s waterways, disrupting local hydrology

Pamela D'Mello 1 Oct 2019

Uncovering the groundwater crisis in south India

Gana Kedlaya 27 Sep 2019

Study shows hungry rains gaining ground in India

Sahana Ghosh 26 Sep 2019

[Commentary] Is Indian monsoon turning into a string of extreme weather events?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 20 Sep 2019

Dam mismanagement worsens impact of extreme rainfall in Maharashtra

Kanchan Srivastava 18 Sep 2019

As water level of Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar dam rises, villages in Madhya Pradesh drown

Meena Menon 10 Sep 2019

Dammed and mined, Narmada River can no longer support her people

Hridayesh Joshi 2 Sep 2019

Extreme rainfall devastates Kodagu yet again

Arathi Menon 30 Aug 2019

Over 1,300 people died in July-August this year due to floods and heavy rainfall

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Aug 2019

[Commentary] Is climate change the only reason for flooding in the Western Ghats?

Mrunmayee, D.V. Girish 27 Aug 2019