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A bronze-winged jacana in Vembanad lake. Estimates say the lake is home to some 20,000 water fowls, otters and various varieties of fish. Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

From choking backwaters to cleaner currents [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 13 Aug 2025
Varkey George shows a grapefruit tree on his farm in Kottayam. He plans to diversify his fruit farming. Image courtesy of Varkey George.

Farmers swap rubber for exotic fruits, chasing higher profits

Navya P K 8 Aug 2025

V.B. Ajayakumar: A relentless voice for human rights and climate justice [Obituary]

Arathi Menon 5 Aug 2025
A Trypanophora sp. moth seen near Kolkata. Representative image by Santosh Roy.

When a campus turns beacon for moths [Commentary]

Santosh Roy 24 Jul 2025
Ajith Babu, drone pilot at Fuselage Innovations operates 'FIA QD10' - a precision spraying agricultral drone at a paddy farm at Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Limited in Kochi, Kerala, India Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbaraman/Mongabay

Kerala unveils plan to tackle climate risks and build resilient agriculture

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Jul 2025
A cargo ship at the International Container Transshipment Terminal in Kochi. Representative image by ArulkumarRajamani via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Court orders arrest of sister ship from company responsible for cargo spill

Simrin Sirur 11 Jul 2025

Explosion aboard container ship off Kerala coast

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Jun 2025
A container washed ashore in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from the ELSA-3 shipwreck. Some containers that washed to the coast were even seen catching fire in Kollam district. Image by John Bennet.

Shipwreck spills oil, plastic and legal loopholes

Max Martin 12 Jun 2025
Aerial view of sand mining. The Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the 2017 and 2021 amnesties for environmental violations has significant legal and commercial implications for companies and infrastructure projects. Image by Saiphani02 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry

Akshay Deshmane 10 Jun 2025
The author visits the tribal community in Bommiyampadi after an initial interaction 40 years earlier, for a restoration project that sought to revive groundwater and soil health. Image courtesy of Jacob Punnathara.

When elephants signalled eco-restoration in a tribal village [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 2 Jun 2025
A Liberian-flagged ship sank off the Kochi coast on May 25. Image courtesy: Ministry of Defence, Government of India via X.

Shipwreck raises concerns about ecological damage in Kerala

Navya P K 29 May 2025
A deserted and inundated metro station in Kochi during the 2018 Kerala floods. Image by Dil Shad Roshan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Limited climate finance shifts focus on startups and local innovation

Navya P K 9 May 2025
Rainfall in Kerala. The convergence of neutral ENSO conditions, active internal dynamics, and warming seas points to a monsoon that may be wetter but potentially more volatile. Image by Paul Varuni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

As a wetter monsoon looms, scientists watch the climate chessboard; farmers measure rainfall

Max Martin 8 May 2025
An aerial shot of Malappuram town in Kerala. The urban policy report estimates that 80% of Kerala's population will be urban by 2050. Image by Truebrother via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A state-led urban policy addresses climate risks and urbanisation

Navya P K 16 Apr 2025
A Haritha Karma Sena worker at a material collection facility in Kochi, Kerala. Image by C. Surendranath.

Is zero waste Kerala’s dream or dilemma? [Commentary]

C. Surendranath, M. Suchitra 4 Apr 2025

Declining waders indicate deterioration of wetlands

Sneha Mahale 3 Apr 2025
A train passes through the Palghat gap. Image by Robtheequalizer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The mountain pass that is a morphologic marvel and a scientific paradox [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 1 Apr 2025
A shore seine crew hauls in their catch. Image by Sajith Remady.

Small sardines signal a potential bumper catch

Max Martin 27 Mar 2025
A Malabar pied hornbill, one among the threatened fauna one can spot in Silent Valley National Park. Image by N A Nazeer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).

The movement that rewrote India’s environmental narrative [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 21 Mar 2025
An aerial view of the coast of Kollam, Kerala, whose three mineral blocks are estimated to hold 302 million tonnes of construction sand in reserves, according to tender documents. Image by Arunvrparavur via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Auction for offshore mineral blocks met with resistance and delays

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2025