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

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025
Activists demonstrate outside The Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, ahead of the advisory opinion issued on July 23, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

World court strikes a blow for climate justice, paves the way for demanding action

Soumya Sarkar 25 Jul 2025
Underground coal miners before entering the pit of Bachra coal mines in Jharkhand. While private investors are expected to fund clean energy infrastructure, addressing socio-economic impacts like job losses will largely depend on public financing as per the expert.

Bridging the climate finance gap in emerging markets [Commentary]

Shantanu Srivastava, Soni Tiwari 23 Jul 2025

China begins mega dam construction upstream of the Brahmaputra

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2025

Global rift over plant treaty as key issues remain unresolved

Kundan Pandey 18 Jul 2025
Montagu’s harriers alternate between flapping and soaring flight, and rarely fly above 4,000 m. Image by Thalavaipandi.

The long way might just be the right way for Montagu’s harriers

Sneha Mahale 16 Jul 2025
Caves in the Morteratsch-Pers glacier complex. Image by Lander Van Tricht (ETH Zurich/Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Stabilised global warming will still leave 39% of glaciers lost

Simrin Sirur 3 Jul 2025
Heavy pollution in Noida. Adaptation was one of the key areas where SB62 made progress. Image by McKay Savage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

From Bonn to Belém, global climate talks inch forward amid deep divides

Kundan Pandey 2 Jul 2025

Climate misinformation leads people to lose hope and faith in science: report

Aditi Tandon 1 Jul 2025

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

Nikhil Sreekandan 25 Jun 2025
A carabid beetle. One study by scientists that are part of the DarkDivNet network that assessed plants, fungi and carabid beetles in Estonia found that dark diversity was greater than observed diversity within all groups. Representative image by Bernard Dupont via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Absent species that ought to be present

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2025
Researchers conduct fieldwork on the Trambau Glacier in Rolwaling region, Nepal in 2019. Image by Koji Fujita (Nagoya University).

World set to lose 39% of glaciers, says study

Simrin Sirur 6 Jun 2025
An aerial view of villages in Bihar affected by floods in August 2008. Swain says that developing countries are most affected by climate change, but a lack of resource allocation towards climate adaptation persists, with militarisation being prioritised. Image by Press Information Bureau, Government of India.

Including military in climate action incentivises cooperation over conflict, says water expert [Interview]

Simrin Sirur 14 May 2025
This crane fly Hexatoma (Eriocera) sp., photographed in Wayanad, Kerala, is a wasp mimic. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The commonly seen but rarely understood crane fly [Commentary]

Geetha Iyer 8 May 2025
Shipping containers at the Port of Tokyo. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a framework that will require ships to pay for carbon emissions starting in 2028. Image by Syced via Wikimedia Commons (CC-Zero).

Shipping industry sets sail towards carbon accountability

Kundan Pandey 21 Apr 2025
A wild dog sunbathing in Kanha National Park. Image by Abhiraj1996 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is heat stress? How does it affect animal hormones? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Apr 2025

Ignoring biodiversity could put businesses at risk [Commentary]

Sumit Arora 7 Apr 2025
A doctor in a hospital in West Bengal assesses the X-ray of a tuberculosis patient. Image by ILO Asia-Pacific via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Increasing pointers to climate change indirectly impacting tuberculosis rise

T. V. Padma 17 Mar 2025
An indigenous Santhal woman engaged in daily work in West Bengal. While climate finance prioritises mitigation, adaptation—crucial for vulnerable communities—remains underfunded. Image by Soumyabrata Roy via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

What is climate finance? [Explainer]

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2025
captive civets seized

Thousands of live animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2025