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How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala

KVA Khadar 16 Aug 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021
Embankments demolished in the Mousuni island in the Sundarbans. Photo by West Bengal Radio Club.

Cyclone Yaas imperils communities in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Bengal

Gurvinder Singh 1 Jun 2021
Local MLA visits damaged site at Madh Island. Photo by Kiran Kohli.

Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast

Supriya Vohra 26 May 2021
There is an urgent need to develop a more resilient and capable observing system to factor in the accelerating pace of climatic and oceanic change. Photo by Blueocean/Wikimedia Commons.

Improved monitoring proposed in the Indian Ocean as climatic and oceanic changes increase

Sahana Ghosh 7 May 2021
Mangrove plantation at Kampong Jawa Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Photo by Irwandi Wancaleu/Wikimedia Commons.

Mapping future hotspots of carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss

Sahana Ghosh 28 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
A home that flooded in Kerala in 2018. Photo by Dilshad Roshan/Wikimedia Commons.

Floods, cyclones caused maximum deaths by extreme weather events in past 50 years

Sahana Ghosh 9 Mar 2021

Sundarbans endangered as per IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems framework, cautious optimism advised

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2020

How carbon cycles in Pichavaram mangroves

Sahana Ghosh 24 Jun 2020

Fishers try to stay afloat amid lockdown

Supriya Vohra 10 Apr 2020

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in peril due to sea-level rise, says study

GBSNP Varma 13 Mar 2020

Forests of the islands: Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep deal with development pressures

Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh 13 Feb 2020

Satellite data uncovers health decline in 25 percent of Sundarbans mangroves

Sahana Ghosh 24 Jan 2020

Preparing health systems to deal with disasters

Sahana Ghosh 26 Dec 2019

Are shark conservation laws inclusive?

Bhanu Sridharan 2 Dec 2019

Indian research network on horseshoe crab takes wing as the living fossil battles threats

Sahana Ghosh 12 Jun 2019
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Fixing agriculture a decade after cyclone Aila: A farmer recollects

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2019
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Infrastructure and environment battle it out in the maximum city

Nikhil S. Dixit 26 Apr 2019

Mega projects in Maharashtra raise environmental controversies for the elections

Nikhil S. Dixit 23 Apr 2019