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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

Gharials swimming across India-Nepal border an opportunity for enhanced co-operation

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jul 2020

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in peril due to sea-level rise, says study

GBSNP Varma 13 Mar 2020

Sikkim braces for climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2020

As the Brahmaputra swells, erosion-affected families await revised policy

Amarjyoti Borah 20 Nov 2019

Gangetic dolphins struggle to communicate as their underwater homes get noisy

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Nov 2019

[Commentary] Feni river agreement offers hope, but water sharing remains contentious

Soumya Sarkar 6 Nov 2019

Unstoppable rivers: Bhutan’s quest for energy security and development in a changing climate

Emma Johnson 28 Oct 2019

Western Maharashtra floods: A man-made disaster?

Kanchan Srivastava 4 Oct 2019

Gangetic river dolphins in the Indian Sundarbans struggle with swelling salinity

Sahana Ghosh 17 Jan 2019

Linking Kerala floods to anthropogenic climate change ‘difficult’, finds a study

Sahana Ghosh 21 Dec 2018

Meghalaya’s black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal mines ravage environment

Sahana Ghosh 29 Nov 2018

Can election promises fix India’s ailing heart?

Mayank Aggarwal 21 Nov 2018

Latest draft notification is another step in the ongoing journey to protect the Western Ghats

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Oct 2018

Despite promises and allocations the Ganga flows polluted and fettered

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Oct 2018

Manipur’s native fishes in troubled waters

Sahana Ghosh, Video by Kartik Chandramouli 12 Oct 2018

NITI Aayog proposes green cess for the Himalayan region

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Oct 2018