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Uniting traditional wisdom with modern science, barefoot ecologists record climate impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 14 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

As Ken-Betwa project barrels ahead, new research finds river interlinking could worsen drought

Simrin Sirur 23 Oct 2023
Volunteers cleaning river Thamirabarani. Photo by Vasudevan Sridharan.

[Video] Restoring the perennial Thamirabarani river with people power

Vasudevan Sridharan 19 Jul 2023

Community participation helps a Maharashtra village become flood-free after years

Hiren Kumar Bose 2 Mar 2023

Mizoram youth protest against the national highways widening project

Nabarun Guha 17 Nov 2022
A dolphin in Kulsi river. Photo from Prasanna Kalita.

Gangetic river dolphins in Assam decline in the wake of anthropogenic pressures

Nabarun Guha 24 Aug 2022
Civil society members at the project site with banners to protect Mattewara forest and the Sutlej river. Photo by special arrangement.

How Punjab’s civil society prevented an ecological disaster in already polluted Ludhiana

Vivek Gupta 29 Jul 2022
Authorities in Kashmir, over the years, have been advising farmers to shift to alternate crops. Photo by Umer Asif.

Dual threat of drought-like conditions and flash floods puts Kashmir Valley’s food security at risk

Zubair Amin 12 Jul 2022

Multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river ring alarm bells

Anzer Ayoob, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2022

Time capsules in fish ears that unpack responses to climate change

Sahana Ghosh 9 Jun 2022
African catfish in Bengaluru.African catfish find it easier to thrive in new and harsh environments. Photo by Yercaud Elango/ Wikimedia Commons.

Invasive freshwater fish are thriving in the Ganges, aided by increasing temperatures

Sneha Mahale 6 Jun 2022
Image shows the bank of the Mula Mutha river in Pune with underconstructed buildings in the background

Pune’s proposed river rejuvenation project does not consider ecology, hydrogeology, and climate change, say experts

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 May 2022

[Video] When sand mining alters a river, flooding farmlands in Spiti

Munmun Dhalaria 12 May 2022
Displaced people of Lohari village, live in a school because their houses have been submerged. Photo by Kapil Kajal.

As Lohari village is submerged for a dam, homes, farms and memories are drowned

Kapil Kajal 10 May 2022
Elephant herd crossing roads at Bandipur. Photo by Lokeshlakshmipathy/Wikimedia Commons.

Corridors with high human activities may not ease elephant connectivity: study

Rupsy Khurana 9 May 2022

Fantastic beasts and why plastic is bad for them

Anusha Krishnan, Labonie Roy 1 Mar 2022

Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 Feb 2022
During sampling the team encountered floating plastic items such as plastic bottles and packets along a 100 km stretch of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly stretch of the Ganga. Photo by Bhadury et al

[Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

Anwesha Ghosh 9 Nov 2021
First time since it was built 20 years ago, work for de-silting was started in 2020 at the Pushkar Sarovar lake formed by the second of the first five barriers restricting the ecological flow of Narmada. The infant river is no more than a thin stream. The district administration carried out repair work for the barrage structure as a result of which the pond was empty for most of the time post monsoon and showcased silt deposits mixed with municipal solid waste. Photo by Nivedita Khandekar.

Ecological degradation at Narmada’s origin in Amarkantak spells more trouble

Nivedita Khandekar 3 Feb 2021