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Citizens protest for action against air pollution in New Delhi in November 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

What India can learn from China’s approach to improving air quality [Commentary]

Tanushree Ganguly 14 Jan 2026
Vulture nest numbers have sharply declined in recent years, from 23 occupied nests in 2019 to just one in both 2022 and 2023, across two cliff-nesting colonies in the Kaghaznagar Forest Division and adjoining parts of the Deccan Plateau, at the junction of Telangana, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh. Image by Ravikanth Manchiryala.

Deccan’s vultures in decline

Sneha Mahale 4 Nov 2025
A representative image of cosmetic products. Image by Bairavi Arjunan3 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Behind the shimmer, the toxic story of mica and forever chemicals [Commentary]

Trisha Putturaya, Chirag Dhara 3 Sep 2025

Industries using cleaner tech, reducing pollution may face fewer regulations

Simrin Sirur 24 Apr 2025

Mass death of olive ridley turtles raises urgent call for action

Laasya Shekhar 30 Jan 2025

Emissions from India’s macroplastic pollution are the highest, finds study

Supriya Vohra 28 Oct 2024

[Explainer] What is recycling? How does it work in India?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 2024

Pollution, construction threatens Kashmir’s iconic Dal lake, chinar trees

Athar Parvaiz 27 Sep 2024

Pollution dips, but fine particulate matter remains top public health threat: AQLI report

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 Sep 2024

Polluting leather industry adopts sustainable practices to reduce environmental footprint

Zoya Ada Hussain 30 Aug 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024

Massive fish kill in Periyar river attributed to industrial pollution

Vishnuprasad K P 11 Jul 2024

Kolkata’s overlooked air pollution crisis

Niladry Sarkar 12 Jun 2024

Port project in Maharashtra cleared by environment ministry despite opposition from fishing villages

Meena Menon 23 Apr 2024

Stitching sustainability amidst climate change challenges

Ravleen Kaur 7 Feb 2024
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[Explainer] What can lichens tell us about atmospheric pollution?

Arathi Menon 31 Jan 2024

[Video] Fixing fashion’s pollution problem with natural dyes

T. A. Ameerudheen 23 Oct 2023
Photo by Karolina Grabowska/ Pexels.

[Explainer] What happens when pharmaceutical pollutants enter the environment?

Mahima Jain 29 Sep 2023
Mist clad Poombarai, a village in Kodaikanal. Photo by Arathi Menon/Mongabay

Hill station waste needs better plan, not just plastic ban

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023