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A satellite image shows cyclone Tauktae approaching India's western coast. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Study identifies a previously unknown climate rhythm shaping the tropics

Debdutta Paul 27 Jan 2026

Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India

Anusha Krishnan 23 Dec 2025
An artwork curated as part of Time as a Mother by Damian Christinger and Ravi Agarwal for Serendipity Arts Festival 2023. Ravi's curatorial approach explores the intersections of art, ecology, and climate change. Image by Philippe Calia and Sunil Thakkar/Serendipity Arts Festival. 

Artists reimagine climate change through public art and performances

Shilpa Raina 12 Nov 2025
Industries near Mumbai. Representative image by Sumaira Abdulali via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Nov 2025
An Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Warmer temperatures play a key role in this by creating optimal conditions for the mosquito vectors which thrive between 25°C and 30°C. Image by James Gathany/CDC via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue’s reach

Nabeela Khan 3 Nov 2025

Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025

How informal workers made weather warnings more effective this summer

Anuja 22 Jul 2025
Saplings planted alongside Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Manu Moudgil, Simrin Sirur 18 Jul 2025
A gharial and its offspring. At temperatures of around 32°C, a majority of hatchlings may develop into males, while temperatures below 31.5°C and above 33.5°C will see female production dominate. Image by Surya P Sharma.

Rising temperatures could change the future for India’s gharials

Sneha Mahale 11 Jul 2025

Unreliable snow threatens winter tourism

Hirra Azmat 30 Jun 2025

Asia warming faster than global average, says WMO

Simrin Sirur 24 Jun 2025
As summer heat intensifies each year, studies find that tin and cement roofs increase indoor heat stress in rural households. Image by Premsagar Tasgaonkar.

Too hot to handle as rural houses turn heat traps

Arathi Menon 23 Jun 2025

Most Indians worried about extreme weather or related impacts: survey

Aditi Tandon 18 Jun 2025
An air conditioner. Image by Dinkun Chen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Government to reduce AC temperature limits to improve energy efficiency

Simrin Sirur 16 Jun 2025
A fruit stall selling a variety of mangoes. Higher temperatures during fruiting season can not only affect colour and texture, but even shrink mangoes. Farmers say customers refuse to pay the same price for smaller, defective fruits, resulting in a loss for sellers and farmers. Representative image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Heatwaves, extreme temperatures threaten the king of mangoes

Lisann Dias 20 May 2025
Study authors conducting field work at the Makum coalfield in Assam. Image courtesy of Harshita Bhatia.

Fossil study takes a leaf out of climate history to predict ecological changes

Arathi Menon 5 May 2025

What are earth observation satellites? How do they support environmental research? [Explainer]

Anusha Krishnan 24 Mar 2025
Traditional fishers on small craft prefer to finish work early before the sun gets too harsh. A crew lands their fibreglass boat at Thumba village on the city's fringes. Image by Max Martin.

Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift

Max Martin 25 Feb 2025
mosquito Aedes aegypti dengue mortality

Dengue mortality projected to rise in a warming world

Simrin Sirur 28 Jan 2025

Record heat is worsening pollution and public health in the Global South

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2025