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Scientists report plastic-rock formation from India’s western coast

Ananya Singh 13 May 2026

Pollution and poor infrastructure remain barriers to cyclists in India

Aisiri Amin 8 May 2026
An oil tar ball washed ashore on a beach. Representative image. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Tar ball pollution draft rules notified

Simrin Sirur 7 May 2026
Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026
A finely embroidered pashmina shawl displayed at a craft store in Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Experiments with natural dyes and coloured cocoons for Pashmina and silk

Hirra Azmat 21 Apr 2026
A ragpicker collects plastic to recycle from a garbage dump in Siliguri, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Tamal Roy)

When recycling plastic creates more problems than it solves

Ravleen Kaur 16 Apr 2026

Study finds microplastics in small cats’ scat

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Apr 2026

The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks

Chandrani Sinha 25 Mar 2026
While indoor green infrastructure can improve indoor settings, it is not a replacement for ventilation. Researchers say that earlier research often showed what plants might do under simplified conditions, but not how they perform in real buildings. Representative image by Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Mar 2026
A lesser flamingo in Mumbai. Image by Sujai.rajapaul via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A vibrant pink wetland visitor

Team Mongabay-India 18 Mar 2026
The main building of the Varanasi MMT. Image by Rahul Singh.

Traditional boatmen washed out by waterways infrastructure and tourism

Rahul Singh 17 Mar 2026
A view of the Tarapur MIDC in Boisar. Image by Meena Menon.

Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub

Meena Menon 16 Mar 2026
Coenobita brevimanus or Indo hermit crab, residing in a shell of the Giant African snail at a waterfall on Little Andaman. Representative image by Vandana K.

Marine litter traps thousands of hermit crabs

Vandana K. 10 Mar 2026
Garbage being collected for segregation at the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi. The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, within which a study reveals higher temperature zones are widening. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps

Jyotsnika Tiwari 6 Mar 2026
Labourers arrange steel buckets at a manufacturing factory. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2026
A school girl wearing a face mask walks across a foot over bridge amidst smog in New Delhi in November, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pollution concentrations soar higher above ground during haze

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Mar 2026
Nainital lake. Image by Neharajpoot via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kumaon lakes have become sinks for microplastic pollution

Simrin Sirur 25 Feb 2026
A technician at work at a factory that produces ethanol in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Policy shifts test Bihar’s ethanol-led industrial revival

Umesh Kumar Ray 13 Feb 2026
A bolt of lighting strikes over in Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Air pollution can both fuel and suppress lightning in India, study finds

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Feb 2026
Ana sagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, against the backdrop of the Aravalli mountain ranges. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Reading the Aravallis through maps and law [Analysis]

Sachin Pernacca Sashidhar, Milind Bunyan, Kripa M.K., Abi T. Vanak 9 Feb 2026