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Surviving a heat stroke, against all odds

Simrin Sirur 1 Jul 2024
Banner image: Kochi LNG Terminal. Natural gas availability could be a major challenge for enhancing consumption. India’s domestic natural gas production in FY 2023-24 was around 99.5 MMSCMD while LNG imports were 85.6 MMSCMD. Image by Augustus Binu/www.dreamsparrow.net/facebook via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

[Commentary] Is India’s 2030 gas consumption target feasible?

Purva Jain 1 Jul 2024

Tamil Nadu’s grazing ban threatens rights, livelihoods of forest dwellers

George Rajasekaran 28 Jun 2024
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

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024
Mukerjee, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Ghats debuts in new landslide susceptibility map

Divya Kilikar 26 Jun 2024

Extreme heat and erratic rain affect flower production and livelihood of vendors

Dimple Behal 26 Jun 2024

Civet latrines in the shade puzzle researchers

Arathi Menon 25 Jun 2024

Kancha Sherpa, a member of the first successful expedition to Everest, is worried. Here’s why.

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Jun 2024

How droughts and worsening soil health can increase carbon emissions

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 24 Jun 2024

[Commentary] Unified action needed to tackle extreme heat and air pollution

Annanya Mahajan, Tamanna Dalal 24 Jun 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024

Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep under water

T. V. Padma 19 Jun 2024
One of the rare aquaculture sites in Sundarbans where scientific methods are being followed. Image by Niladry Sarkar for Mongabay.

Unchecked shrimp farming transforms land use in the Sundarbans

Niladry Sarkar 19 Jun 2024

[Video] Flowers of worship sow seeds of sustainability

Pratik Chakraborty 18 Jun 2024

Small cats’ ecology review flags declining conservation status

Arathi Menon 17 Jun 2024

Modelling study finds rural employment scheme plays an important role in forest cover

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2024

Assam has more renewable potential than the government estimates, says study

Barasha Das 14 Jun 2024