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[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022

Scientists unpack the influence of black carbon aerosols on rainfall in northeast India

Sahana Ghosh 23 Jun 2022

Aerosol pollution is a health hazard that also destabilises Earth’s climate

Conrad Fox 10 Mar 2022
Solar energy-powered water pump in a field. Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan for IWMI/ Flickr.

Addressing challenges in food systems with climate-smart agriculture

Priyanka Shankar, Sahana Ghosh 22 Dec 2021
SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Ajit Menon.

[Commentary] Industrialisation gone wrong in coastal Cuddalore

Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A.S. 1 Dec 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay, Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021
India’s monsoons are important to its agriculture and economy. Farms during India's monsoon season in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and warming shaped past Indian monsoons: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jul 2021

Using fossil fuel as a cash cow: A big obstacle in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

Joe Biden’s presidency offers a return to climate change dialogue between India and the U.S.

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 18 Nov 2020
Thoothukudi Thermal power, Thoothukudi. Photo by Hassan Afridhi/Unsplash.

Even with coal, strict air pollution control can prevent early deaths

Sahana Ghosh 22 Oct 2020

India’s power consumption falls by 19 percent during COVID-19 lockdown

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Apr 2020

Government pushes for post facto environment clearances while apex court disapproves

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Apr 2020

31st birthday gift: a world with net-zero emissions?

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 15 Nov 2019

Natural, man-made air pollutants tinkering with Guwahati’s rainwater

Sahana Ghosh 22 Oct 2019

When smog travels from South Asia to the United States

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2019

Dirty air from Indo-Gangetic plains, central India messing up neighbourhood ozone

Sahana Ghosh 5 Sep 2019

Air pollution could negate Swachh Bharat benefits for children

Sahana Ghosh 6 Aug 2019

Air pollutants turn into nanodiamonds

Sahana Ghosh 30 May 2019
Firewood-cooking-fuel

Crackdown on dirty household fuels can save lives

Sahana Ghosh 10 May 2019