India’s Monsoon Heat Is Becoming A New Climate Threat
A recent study published in AGU Advances warns that humid heat stress during India’s monsoon season could rise sharply as...
Earth And Ecology
India & Climate Rankings: Different Indices Tell Different Stories
India’s poor showing in the 2026 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) has revived a familiar debate: are international environmental rankings fair...
Climate Change Is Driving Entire Communities To Relocate, But…
The abandoned houses of Old Podampetta on India’s east coast (in the state of Odisha) tell the story of a...
After Coal: What Happens To The People Left Behind In Jharkhand?
India’s mine-closure framework has expanded in recent years, with new guidelines and initiatives focusing on scientific closure, ecological restoration, post-mining...
Can Climate Rankings Tell Us Which Country Is A Good Performer?
Until the mid-sixteenth century, navigation on the high seas was complicated by the then-maps not aligning with compass bearings, making...
How India’s Carbon Market Sets Weak Emissions Reduction Targets
India’s new carbon market may not be ambitious enough to push major industries towards deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions,...
Assam Floods Expose A Crisis That Goes Beyond Heavy Rain
More than 100 people have died in the floods in Assam and Nagaland. The floods and landslides have swept away...
Western Ghats Protection Proposal Faces Pushback From States
The Union Environment Ministry has issued its seventh draft notification to designate 56,825 square kilometres of the Western Ghats as...
Can India Turn Its Mangroves Into Climate Assets?
It is mid-July, and heavy monsoon rains are lashing Maharashtra’s coast. In Mankule, four kilometres from his village of Hashiware,...
Kuttanad’s Ecological Crisis: When Human Intrusion Disrupts Nature
Kuttanad’s ecological crisis is the result of decades of human interventions that have disrupted the region’s natural hydrology, fisheries, flood...
Assam Activist’s Detention Draws Widespread Condemnation
Over 60 civil rights groups have condemned the detention of Assam-based environmental and Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley under the...
Mangroves Are Back, Benefiting Our Planet And Coastlines
Mangroves are perplexing plants. They breathe through their roots, appear to stand on stilts and grow best in hot, salty...
After Decades Of Drought-Proofing, J’khand Farms Still Depend On Rain
Though July saw more rain than expected, Jharkhand’s rainfall this year is still 48% below normal. Of the ten droughts...
7 Years On, Bihar’s Green Budget Falls Short Of Expectations
Seven years after Bihar launched its green budget, the state has not made much progress on the climate and environment...
Why Delhi’s EV Policy Changes The Engine, Not The System
* Electric vehicles can reduce pollution and emissions. But underlying issues of preserving car dependence, displacing environmental harm and workers...
Why Wildfire Coverage Often Misses The Bigger Climate Story
The front page of the Times on July 25 carried a photograph of three people sitting under a striped parasol...
India’s Ethanol Shift Sparks Debate Over Water, Food And Farming
India’s ethanol programme is increasingly moving beyond sugarcane and molasses, with grain-based distilleries now playing a larger role in ethanol...
‘MP’s Ken-Betwa Project: BJP-Led Govt Is Crushing Peaceful Agitation’
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has accused the BJP-led Union government of suppressing...
Protecting Indigenous Wisdom In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
Advances in biotechnology and AI are making it easier to commercialise traditional ecological knowledge, exposing gaps in existing legal protections....
The World’s Smallest Wild Cat Faces Growing Roadkill Threat In UP
Two roadkill incidents of the near-threatened rusty-spotted cat were recorded at the National Chambal Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh in May....
Supporting Infrastructure Is The Missing Link In India’s Ethanol Push
Lessons from Brazil, a mature ethanol economy, suggest that ethanol blending is not only selling blended fuel, but building a...
How Climate Change Is Threatening Sugarcane Yields Across Deccan
A new study tracked sugarcane production trends across five districts in Maharashtra and Karnataka between 1999 and 2021, finding significant...
Why Accurate Himalayan Snowfall Data Is Crucial for Millions
Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and hydropower...
Heat Plans Must Account For Age And Gender, Says UN Women Paper
A new report highlights the age and gender-differentiated impacts of heat stress. The paper calls for a greater understanding of...
Tree Plantation Sparks Debate Over Urban Greening & Miyawaki Method
Bengaluru’s record-breaking plantation drive has renewed debate over whether mass tree planting is the most effective way to restore urban...
