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Sunil Patil mixes cattle feed. Heat stress has resulted in low milk production. Patil worries about the rise in rates of cattle feed. Photo by Abhijeet Gurjar/Mongabay.

Heat stress impacts milk production in Maharashtra’s dairy cattle

Abhijeet Gurjar 10 Nov 2022

Deep-sea mining efforts gear up to meet clean energy demands amid concerns

Priyanka Shankar 26 Oct 2022

Soaring temperatures, black carbon impact glaciers in Drass region of Ladakh

Hirra Azmat 29 Sep 2022
An electric bus run by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) near Mayur Vihar. Photo by Manish Kumar

Increased e-buses in Delhi could reduce pollution-related mortality, morbidity: study

Manish Kumar 16 Sep 2022
People walking on a road adjacent to the MSW dump

Untreated legacy waste is polluting the sensitive wetland ecosystem of Deepor Beel

Barasha Das 24 Aug 2022

Rethinking, recycling and re-loving: A peek into India’s circular fashion economy

Shilpa Raina 11 Aug 2022
Image shows plasic containers in a trash heap

Dumped plastic containers lead to mosquito abundance on the Lakshadweep islands

Sahana Ghosh 10 Aug 2022
Image shows a pre-dawn view of Trishul peak in the Himalayas

[Book Review] In The Living Mountain, Ghosh holds up a time-traveller’s mirror to the climate crisis

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 Jul 2022

[Explainer] The good, the bad, and the ugly side of forest fires

Anusha Krishnan 29 Jun 2022
Heavy polluted road in Talcher adjacent to a railway siding where truckloads of coals are loaded into trains. Photo by-Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Environmental Performance Index: An unscientific study or an opportunity to reflect and improve?

Manish Kumar 21 Jun 2022

Farm to Fashion: How national institutions are integrating sustainability in curriculum

Tazeen Qureshy 20 Jun 2022

Lucknow, a case study for permanently disappearing aquifers in north India

Monika Mondal 16 Jun 2022

Unaccounted deaths lay bare the dark side of sand mining

Varsha Singh 7 Jun 2022

Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022

[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022

[Photos] Lessons from a 74-year-old farmer who switched to organic sugarcane farming

Sanket Jain 18 Mar 2022
Tephrosia calophylla is an endemic species discovered in India's grasslands. More endemic species are waiting to be discovered, underscores a new study. Photo by R. Ganesan.

Indian grasslands hold a treasure trove of endemic plants

Sahana Ghosh 8 Mar 2022
Environmental experts opine that the Central Government’s decisions regarding speedy clearances of forest lands display a great interest in ease of business at the cost of the environment. Photo by Vinayaraj/ Wikimedia Commons.

Environment ministry pursues ‘ease of business’, one office order at a time

Mayank Aggarwal 9 Feb 2022
Fragmentation of forests in Southern India due to plantations. The latest government forest report classifies plantations as forests

[Commentary] Green language of the Union Budget may result in net loss for the environment

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 4 Feb 2022

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022