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A used lithium battery, if showing potential for a second life, is refurbished to be used as a stationary storage unit. This potential is determined by the battery’s residual capacity, which has to be around 70-80% once it reaches the end of its previous life cycle as an EV battery. Photo by RudolfSimon/Wikimedia Commons.

[Explainer] Can India sustainably manufacture and recycle EV batteries?

Zoya Ada Hussain 6 Nov 2023
Image shows a man on a motorbike looking at a plant

Increasing knowledge of non-timber forest products for conservation

Ashvita Anand 6 Nov 2023
The rusty-spotted cat known as the hummingbird of cats falls in the ‘Near Threatened’ category in the IUCN Red List . Photo by Radheshyam Bishnoi

A 100 camera traps to monitor rusty-spotted cats in Keoladeo National Park

Shuchita Jha 3 Nov 2023

Intercepting the illegal capture of migratory birds in south-central West Bengal

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2 Nov 2023
A seller picking Rugra in a Mandi in Ranchi.

Production of rugra, a nutritious mushroom found in Jharkhand, impacted by weather changes

Vishal Kumar Jain 2 Nov 2023

[Commentary] The Global Biofuels Alliance is an aspiration that needs careful direction

Purva Jain 1 Nov 2023

[Interview] Former forest officer Rajiv Bhartari on zoning in Corbett Tiger Reserve and its impacts

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Oct 2023

[Book Review] Pioneer ecologist Madhav Gadgil on his life spent in, and for, India’s biodiversity

Usha Rai 30 Oct 2023

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

Gowthami Subramaniam 30 Oct 2023

Including indigenous perspectives for equitable forest management

Arathi Menon 27 Oct 2023

Investments in renewables need to triple to meet demand sustainably: report

Simrin Sirur 27 Oct 2023
Dharavi settlement near Mahim Junction in Mumbai, India

Poor governance burdens Indian cities, finds survey

Kundan Pandey 26 Oct 2023
Concrete structures occupy cropland. Rapid urbanisation, development projects, and population growth have also played significant roles in soil degradation.

[Commentary] Soil degradation in India spells doom for millions

Ramesh Menon 25 Oct 2023

A renewed life for past Ganesha idols

Anakha C.J. 24 Oct 2023

Leopard cats may not respond well to global warming 

Arathi Menon 24 Oct 2023

[Video] Fixing fashion’s pollution problem with natural dyes

T. A. Ameerudheen 23 Oct 2023

As Ken-Betwa project barrels ahead, new research finds river interlinking could worsen drought

Simrin Sirur 23 Oct 2023

India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper

Kundan Pandey 20 Oct 2023

[Commentary] The Atal Bhujal Yojana, meant to address groundwater depletion, is missing a key part of water flows

Veena Srinivasan, Partik Kumar 20 Oct 2023

Traditional salt workers contribute to wild ass conservation and regain access to Little Rann of Kutch

Ravleen Kaur 19 Oct 2023