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A fruit stall selling a variety of mangoes. Higher temperatures during fruiting season can not only affect colour and texture, but even shrink mangoes. Farmers say customers refuse to pay the same price for smaller, defective fruits, resulting in a loss for sellers and farmers. Representative image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Heatwaves, extreme temperatures threaten the king of mangoes

Lisann Dias 20 May 2025
A wild dog sunbathing in Kanha National Park. Image by Abhiraj1996 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is heat stress? How does it affect animal hormones? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Apr 2025

Heat action crumbles when it needs cross-department coordination, says report

Simrin Sirur 27 Mar 2025
Traditional fishers on small craft prefer to finish work early before the sun gets too harsh. A crew lands their fibreglass boat at Thumba village on the city's fringes. Image by Max Martin.

Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift

Max Martin 25 Feb 2025

Record heat is worsening pollution and public health in the Global South

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2025
The Hummingbird School campus of Assam during the 2017 floods. Image by special arrangement.

Schools feel the heat as closures increase with extreme weather events

Shailesh Shrivastava 27 Sep 2024

Increasing summer temperatures impacting birds in Indian cities

Shanmukha Srija J 1 Aug 2024
A deserted playground and basketball court in Noida. Image by Shweta Thakur Nanda

Hopscotch to heat watch: How climate change is impacting summer play

Shweta Thakur Nanda 29 Jul 2024

Surviving a heat stroke, against all odds

Simrin Sirur 1 Jul 2024
An auto driver seen standing in the shade in Connaught Place while waiting for a cusotmer to arrive. Photo by Pallavi Ghosh

Heat wave hits earnings, health of auto rickshaw drivers

Pallavi Ghosh 3 Jun 2024

Closing Bengaluru parks in the afternoons deprives outdoor workers of refuge from heat

Pragathi Ravi 20 May 2024

Women-led initiative offers relief to women dairy farmers battling heat stress

Laasya Shekhar 10 May 2024
Tender coconut waste piled up on the roadside in Nangal, Punjab. Photo by Ravleen Kaur.

Tender coconut waste proves to be a tough nut to crack

Ravleen Kaur 3 May 2024

[Commentary] From poll booths to weather stations, the heat is on

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 3 May 2024

Experimenting with shed design to reduce heat stress in livestock, poultry

Simrin Sirur 16 Apr 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

[Explainer] As heat waves increase, are India’s Heat Action Plans effective?

Zoya Ada Hussain 24 Jul 2023

As temperatures increase, India’s solar sector feels the heat

Arathi Menon 21 Jun 2023

Editor’s review 2022: A warmer Arabian Sea, energy transition and a search for economic value

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2022

What if we designed homes to stay cool?

Nithya Subramanian 4 Aug 2022