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A wake-up jolt? Assam’s 6.4 quake exposes its vulnerabilities

Azera Parveen Rahman 17 May 2021
White-bellied heron spotted in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo by Dekbin Yonggam.

Elusive white-bellied heron spotted in the high Himalayas

Ranju Dodum 6 May 2021

Eyes in the sky can track effectiveness of nature-based solutions

Sahana Ghosh 29 Apr 2021

[Commentary] Landslides in the concrete jungle of Darjeeling

Shreyasi Choudhury 9 Apr 2021

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

Madhav Sharma 6 Apr 2021

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

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2021

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021

Monitoring rainfall changes in world’s wettest place

Sahana Ghosh 11 Feb 2021
Camera trap image of snow leopard in HP upper reaches. Camera trap images from surveys by NCF and HP forest department.

Scientific survey maps 73 snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh

Vivek Gupta 10 Feb 2021

Retrofitting coal power plants with carbon capture may lead to increased water stress

Sahana Ghosh 14 Aug 2020

Deep below the surface, boreholes offer clues to past warming in the Western Ghats

Sahana Ghosh 5 Aug 2020

Watching my friendly neighbours, flying foxes

Sejal Mehta 28 Jul 2020

Years of neglect led to Vizag gas tragedy

Manish Kumar 20 May 2020

Assam’s boat clinics scan remote islands for COVID-19

Nabarun Guha 13 May 2020

Tracking sewage to surveil COVID-19

Sahana Ghosh 15 Apr 2020
Millions of migrant communities rushed to return to their villages amid the pandemic-associated lockdown in India. Photo by Prerna Prasad.

No escape from environmental distress as migrants return home in pandemic lockdown

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2020

Government pushes for post facto environment clearances while apex court disapproves

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Apr 2020

During lockdown foresters try to balance field work and prevention of disease spread

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh and Kartik Chandramouli 30 Mar 2020

[Commentary] It is not COVID-19 alone, but also the environment and the economy

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 27 Mar 2020

[Interview] Taking One Health approach to tackle zoonoses crucial for India

Sahana Ghosh 19 Mar 2020