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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

[Interview] Weather forecasting to move from information-based to impact-based forecast

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Aug 2019
A herd of elephants during floods in Assam. Photo by Arun Vignesh.

Kaziranga’s artificial highlands: Not the ‘real’ solution

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Aug 2019

Amaravati capital city project: From utopia to an uncertain future

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Aug 2019

Kerala floods: Unpacking the reasons for heavy, sustained rainfall

Sahana Ghosh 15 Aug 2019

As floods repeat this year in Kerala, experts point to climate change

K.A. Shaji 13 Aug 2019

Flood-resistant housing attracts attention in Kerala

K. Rajendran 24 Jul 2019
Animals swim through floodwaters in an attempt to reach safer grounds during the floods in Assam. Image by the International Fund for Animal Welfare/Wildlife Trust of India.

Wildlife and people work together during Assam’s annual tryst with floods

Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh 23 Jul 2019

[Commentary] Did the budget miss the bus for building climate resilience for agriculture?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Jul 2019
As Mumbai's natural defenders against floods are razed down to make way for housing, the residents are the ones exposed to the risk of floods. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli/Mongabay.

Why the city that never stops comes to a standstill when it rains

Kanchan Srivastava, Aditi Tandon 9 Jul 2019

Women lead the way in disaster preparedness, recovery in Odisha’s Ganjam

Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2019

Your environment this week: nanodiamonds from pollutants, sustainable fashion and khesari dal debate

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2019

[Commentary] Back to the Future: Lessons from Cyclone Fani

Nambi Appadurai, Parvathi Preethan, Raj Bhagat Palanichamy 29 May 2019

[Commentary] In Kerala there was nothing “golden” about this missed opportunity

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 May 2019
Ganga-Shifting-patna

Ganga is shifting away from Patna

Hridayesh Joshi 14 May 2019

[Commentary] Looking beyond the Chennai city, at the Chennai watershed

Anjana Vencatesan 16 Apr 2019

In Marathwada the queues are for collecting water during this election season

Meena Menon 4 Apr 2019

[Video] Climate-resilient agricultural methods help Andaman’s farmers

Sharada Balasubramanian 4 Apr 2019