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Shepherd leading his flock in Desert National Park, Rajasthan. The Economic Survey highlights that adaptation, along with other crucial areas, remains underfunded. Image by T. R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Understanding the economics of India’s climate action [Book Review]

Kundan Pandey 30 Jan 2026

New research calls for sustained mental health support post disasters

Arathi Menon 16 Jan 2026
A farmer gathers freshly harvested Mushk Budji, a rice variety that nearly disappeared due to blast disease before recent revival efforts by SKUAST-Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Saving a traditional grain through modern plant breeding

Hirra Azmat 19 Dec 2025

ISRO-NASA radar to offer a closer look at Earth’s changing landscapes

Max Martin 5 Nov 2025
An Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Warmer temperatures play a key role in this by creating optimal conditions for the mosquito vectors which thrive between 25°C and 30°C. Image by James Gathany/CDC via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue’s reach

Nabeela Khan 3 Nov 2025
A woman stops to drink water from a public tap on a hot summer day in Prayagraj in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

What rising temperatures are doing to women’s health in India [Commentary]

Sharon Sarah Thawaney 29 Jul 2025
A weather monitoring station at Randullabad, Maharashtra. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Improved weather forecasting can help manage renewable energy grid

Kundan Pandey 11 Jul 2025
Geeta Kini, a jamun cultivator, holds an umbrella to protect the produce from heavy rainfall. She says that previously, at least 50 women would sell jamuns by the roads. This year, there were very few of them, owing to a huge loss of jamuns, according to her. Image by Rushikesh More.

Stories no longer lost in translation

Saumitra Shinde 13 May 2025

The future of jobs is green, but getting there is a maze

Aditi Tandon, Sejal Mehta 1 May 2025
A finger millet farm in Telangana. Image by Kavali Chandrakanth KCK via Wikimedia Commons.

More climate literacy and diversification could help tribal millet farmers adapt to impacts

Simrin Sirur 26 Feb 2025

Pune’s Zika and GBS outbreaks call for better use of surveillance, data

Disha Shetty 13 Feb 2025
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[Commentary] Centring local communities in digital climate technologies

Tanya Kak, Maya Chandrasekaran 5 Feb 2025

[Interview] Climate scientist Steven Hamburg on measuring, rather than estimating, methane from space

Kartik Chandramouli 5 Feb 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

Hyper-local climate predictions to protect Kerala from extreme weather events

K.A. Shaji 6 Dec 2024
A solar power plant in Gujarat. PV power generation depends on the installed PV capacity and the site's PV potential. Image by Citizenmj via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

Rising pollution, temperatures to impact performance of solar panels, says study

Pallavi Ghosh 2 Dec 2024

Living in fear as tigers leave the woods for the hood

Arathi Menon 27 Nov 2024

Delivering a trillion dollars in climate finance is doable, experts say

Simrin Sirur 22 Nov 2024

Developing nations demand public grants, not loans, at COP29 finance talks

Kundan Pandey 21 Nov 2024

‘Red alert’ as temperatures cross 1.5 degrees for 16 months straight

Simrin Sirur 20 Nov 2024