The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the…
With an El Nino weather cycle set to amplify temperature extremes, TV meteorologists have a vital role in communicating the…
After the natural disaster in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, geologists and activists working on environmental protection in Sikkim are a worried lot. Like…
Noise pollution is known to cause significant disturbance to marine wildlife, including migratory species protected under the Convention on the…
You might have seen organic food products at your local grocery store. But what is the process that goes into…
Heatwaves have been going through some extraordinary changes in recent history. Since midway through the 20th century, their intensity, frequency…
Researchers have stated that climate change made the heatwave that hit Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Laos in April 2023 at…
A recent UN report has suggested that the next five years could be the hottest on record as global temperatures…
After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the…
In recent months, numerous reports of dangerous avalanches in the Himalayas have made the headlines. These sudden releases of snow,…
The book, Climate Justice in India, a collection of insightful and well-researched articles by a dozen of the finest scholars…
Source: PT, DW Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 573 disasters in India between 1970 and 2021 that claimed…
Source: PTI Natural disasters, heavy floods and cyclones triggered around 2.5 million internal displacements in India in 2022, according to…
Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has focused on climate change as the primary theme in its Report on Currency…
Source: PTI Mothers in several countries, including India, staged protests on Saturday under the banner of “Mothers’ Rebellion for Climate…
The Himalayas are relatively new mountains, created by the Indian tectonic plate being pushed under the Eurasian plate, causing it…
Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…
When members of two species have a relationship that is beneficial to both, the interaction is called mutualism. The term…
Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds…
Despite dire warnings from scientists and an appeal by the UN Secretary General for G20 countries to take the lead…
Walking on the shores of Elliot’s beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an 18-member-group of children is naturalist, educator and…
“I can assure you one thing that the mountains are changing. And they are changing very fast. There is something…
Source: PTI A series of severe and lengthy droughts may have caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization cities,…
In his hugely ambitious new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, historian Peter Frankopan tries to tell the story…
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