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Urban support for government action on environment is high, finds pre-COP26 survey

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2021
Deorali sacred forest associated with Deorali Chorten Monastery. Photo by Bijayalaxmi et.al.

Sikkim’s urban sacred groves mitigate double the carbon compared to a natural rural forest

Sahana Ghosh 16 Apr 2021

[Commentary] Landslides in the concrete jungle of Darjeeling

Shreyasi Choudhury 9 Apr 2021
Rani Varghese, a Kochi native, works out the mangroves carbon sequestration potential. Photo by Hari Praved.

Kochi’s disappearing mangroves lock away significant carbon

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2021

[Photos] New book presents the rich biodiversity of Thar desert and threats to the landscape

Madhav Sharma 6 Apr 2021

Genomics offer clues to how forest trees responded to the last Ice Age

Sahana Ghosh 5 Mar 2021

Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss

T. V. Padma 1 Mar 2021

Beasts that once roamed the Indian subcontinent could hold clues to evolution and extinction

Sahana Ghosh 24 Feb 2021
Melting glaciers of Nanda Devi mountains, Chamoli, India. Photo by Naresh Chandra/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists analysing Uttarakhand floods highlight need to improve monitoring of glaciers

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2021

Monitoring rainfall changes in world’s wettest place

Sahana Ghosh 11 Feb 2021
Azadpur Mandi

GrAMs: Market access scheme for farmers still weighed down after three years

Kundan Pandey 28 Jan 2021
Biofilm formation on Pangong Tso sediment (a large pebble). Photo by Praveen Rahi.

Bacterial communities point to human influence on Pangong Tso water

Sahana Ghosh 23 Nov 2020

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

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 18 Nov 2020

How wildlife outside protected areas responds to climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 11 Nov 2020
The Sandynallah valley where the team did its sampling. Photo by Sarath Kavil.

The Todas may have moved up the Nilgiris 3500 years ago: study

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2020
NCF field staff collecting seeds for their nursery that is part of their restoration work that has been ongoing since 2014. Photo by Aparajita Datta.

COVID-19 cripples long-term ecological monitoring research in India

Aathira Perinchery 3 Nov 2020

Arabian Sea needs to be closely monitored for future storms: Study

Varsha Torgalkar 30 Oct 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

Understanding frog diversity with the highs and lows of the Teesta river valley

Sahana Ghosh 13 Oct 2020

[Book Review] An ode to the young voices echoing the earth’s call for help

Arunita Banerjee 8 Oct 2020