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[Commentary] Kolkata’s climate action plan needs to be more gender-sensitive

Manoranjan Ghosh 4 Nov 2022
Image shows a rhino in a grassland in India

[Commentary] What does the DNA say about the future of the rhino in India?

Amit Sharma, Samrat Mondol, Tista Ghosh 11 Oct 2022
The Indian Sundarbans in West Bengal. Mangrove saplings planted this year, alongside dead mangrove plants, at Mousuni Island. Photo by Subhrajit Sen/Mongabay.

The reality of saving young mangroves in the Sundarbans

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 6 Sep 2022
40% of the Sundarbans support short-statured mangroves which were widely affected by cyclone Amphan.

Recording mangrove damage from cyclones in the Sundarbans

Sahana Ghosh 27 Jun 2022

Time capsules in fish ears that unpack responses to climate change

Sahana Ghosh 9 Jun 2022

How the Sundarbans missed an opportunity to harness solar energy

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Jun 2022

Trafficked kangaroos rescued in north Bengal en route to Indore turn the spotlight on Indian zoos

Nabarun Guha 10 May 2022
Image shows aquaculture farms in Sundarbans

[Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?

Shaberi Das, Sugata Hazra 20 Apr 2022

Plantation on a barren hillock in West Bengal stops erosion, attracts birds

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 8 Mar 2022

Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch

Sahana Ghosh 3 Mar 2022
Many families depend on prawn seed collection along the banks, a practice that also leads to destruction of juvenile fishes of other species. Photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Scientists raise caution as mangroves erode faster along the Bengal coastline

T. V. Padma 22 Feb 2022
Solar PVs at the Rosekandy tea estate. Photo by Roofsol Energy.

Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Roopak Goswami 17 Feb 2022

Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 Feb 2022
A baby elephant in Lataguri Forest, West Bengal

[Book Review] An ecologist’s ode to his field assistant, elephants and Buxa

Renuka Kulkarni 16 Feb 2022

The wayfaring musician of West Bengal, who protects the environment

Tazeen Qureshy 24 Jan 2022

Return of the tiger at West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve

Nabarun Guha 13 Jan 2022
Banner image: The PPSP dams located amidst densely forested hills. Photo by Aniket Bhattacharya.

Purulia pumped storage project shows why pumped hydropower may not be clean

Aritra Bhattacharya 11 Jan 2022

[Photos] In anticipation of India’s largest coal mining project

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Dec 2021

Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution

T. V. Padma 12 Nov 2021
During sampling the team encountered floating plastic items such as plastic bottles and packets along a 100 km stretch of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly stretch of the Ganga. Photo by Bhadury et al

[Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

Anwesha Ghosh 9 Nov 2021