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Rajiya, a resident of Kishan Kunj, a slum in east Delhi, stands on her home’s roof where she has spread damp jute bags to create cooling indoors. Image by Vandana K for Mongabay India.

Extreme heat compounds vulnerabilities in low income neighbourhoods

Vandana K. 27 Jun 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes shift homes from forests to rice fields

Vandana K. 3 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Neglecting household biomedical waste management can lead to adverse environmental effects

Irfan Shakeer and Deepak Joseph 27 Nov 2023

No magic bullets to deal with snakebites

Arathi Menon 22 Nov 2023

Study busts myths around king cobra venom

Arathi Menon 9 Nov 2023

Six years on, cyclone Ockhi survivors battle lingering mental health impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 30 Oct 2023

[Explainer] Living with microplastics, is not fantastic

Mahima Jain 16 Aug 2023
A hummingbird moth.

Decline in pollinators linked to half a million premature human deaths every year, shows study

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2023
Medicines

Humans are contaminating Earth’s waterways with medicines, pharmaceutical ingredients

Malavika Vyawahare 5 Oct 2022
A thermal power plant in Haryana. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia Commons.

Climate action, pollution control needed to keep sulphur dioxide in check

Manish Chandra Mishra, Sahana Ghosh 14 Sep 2022
Under encroachment, Chahalwala pond of Kharawar village has turned into a garbage dumping site. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Once the lifeline of villages, ponds in Haryana turn into garbage sites

Sat Singh 26 May 2022
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022

[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021

Human disturbance alters parasite communities, increases infectious disease: study

Divya Khatter 19 Oct 2021

[Photos] In the dark world of white clay

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 24 Sep 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

India’s expert forest panel calls for sustainable mining

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Jun 2021

India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jun 2021