Making children resilient to droughts
Can nutritionally diverse cropping systems make India’s children resilient to future drought-linked stunting? According to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the…
Mongabay series: Environment And Health
When smog travels from South Asia to the United States
An electronic ozone alert flashes by, prompting us to "skip car trips" as we head for a hiking trip up in the Rocky Mountain National Park from Denver in Colorado…
Tribal way of life hits rock bottom even as mining hits new highs in Odisha
In the latest budget session of the Odisha Legislative State Assembly, State forest and environment minister Bikram Keshari Arukha hinted at the extent of mining the northern region of the…
What shola sky islands say about diseases in wild birds
The shola sky islands are a biologist’s delight. Surrounded by lowlands, these highest reaches of Western Ghats in peninsular India host radically different habitats and species. Covered in montane evergreen…
Groundwater in Rajasthan fouled by natural and human-made toxins
Groundwater quality in India’s desert state Rajasthan is hit by the simultaneous presence of both human-made pollutants and naturally occurring toxic minerals, a study has shown. The spoiled groundwater is…
Dirty air from Indo-Gangetic plains, central India messing up neighbourhood ozone
Dirty air from the Indo-Gangetic plain and central India is messing with ozone levels in the Indian subcontinent, a study has found. The authors emphasise the need for pan-India co-ordination…
While trying to save water, legislations unexpectedly lead to increasing air pollution, says study
Legislations by Haryana and Punjab governments to save groundwater seems to have had an unexpected outcome – an increase in winter time air pollution in northern India, suggests a latest…
How going organic brought hope to MP’s cotton farmers and the wildlife around them
Twenty-six-year-old Laxmi Salami comes from a long line of farmers who have remained true to the tried and tested ways of cotton cultivation that they know. Not surprisingly, she was…
Pollution control in coal-based thermal power plants will cost money, but benefits will outweigh
How much could an Indian consumer end up paying if the coal-fired power plants install the latest technology to control toxic emissions? A recent study has revealed that it would…
Air pollution could negate Swachh Bharat benefits for children
Improved sanitation access for children in rural areas may arrest stunting but early-life exposure to high levels of air pollution could play spoilsport in realising these benefits, warn researchers amid…
