Divided By Borders, Lahore & Delhi Are United In Smog
The sister cities of Lahore, in Pakistan, and New Delhi, in India, share many things – food, culture, and now...
Climate Change
Pinpointing Priority Areas For Conservation Of Mangroves In The Sundarbans
A new study published in Scientific Reports has mapped priority areas in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) that are highly suitable for...
Invasive ‘Alien’ Plants Found To Be Increasing In Higher Elevations
Botanist Pervaiz Dar spent a good amount of time in 2012 and 2017 squatting and walking along roadsides in Kashmir,...
15 Mn People Live Under The Threat Of Glacial Floods: Study
Source: AP As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe...
Originality Is Capacity To Bring Freshness To Old Narratives: Gurnah
Literature can tell familiar or unknown histories, but the narrative should be built in ways that develop a writer-reader intimacy,...
Confronting Himalayan Water Woes Before It Is Too Late
Last week, Ladakh-based maverick climate activist Sonam Wangchuk went on a 5-day fast to raise awareness about receding glaciers and...
Earth Likely To Cross 1.5-Degree Warming In Next Decade: AI Study
(Source: PTI) The world will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years, even...
Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future
In many ways, Kolkata is a victim of its own success. Such has been the population growth in India’s ‘first...
Shielding The Hijol From Climate Impacts
The water-loving evergreen tree, hijol, adapted to floodplains, has been traditionally managed over millennia as family and community forest in the...
NDRF To Station Permanent Teams In Hills For Rescue Operations
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is mulling permanently stationing specialised mountaineering teams in the higher reaches of the Himalayas...
How Solar-Powered Refrigerators Slow Down Climate Change
Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it...
Compensation For Crop Loss: Landless, Tenant Farmers Miss Out
Ram Sagar, 64, a farmer who lives in Turkauli village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, lost three and a...
Opinion: India’s Climate Plan Can’t Work Sans Protecting Forests
In August 2022, India announced two enhanced climate pledges within an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – the commitments each...
Vicious Cycle: Forest Fires And Flash Floods In The Himalayas
Wildfires and flash floods are two of the most visible symptoms of climate change across the Himalayas. The two phenomena...
2022 The 5th Warmest Year On Record: NASA
(Source: PTI) Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an...
How Faith Can Inspire Environmental Action
It has become clear that meaningful progress on climate change is not going to be achieved by one person or...
India’s Southern States Will Lose Half Of Their Mangroves By 2070: Study
(Source: IANS) By 2070, Indian mangroves will reduce and shift by around 50 per cent, especially in southern India, due...
Mad World: 2023 Global Flashpoints To Watch In Era Of ‘Polycrisis’
When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten regions. Topping most lists were concerns...
Joshimath, A Disaster Of Ignored Warnings
Residents of the ancient pilgrim town of Joshimath were forced to flee their homes in the freezing weather of January...
Climate Change Is Leaving African Elephants Desperate For Water
(Source: PTI) African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. While this is...
Rivers Are Still People In South Asia In Spite Of Court Showdown
Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution...
Best Of ’22: Water In A Climate-Changed Region
Climate change is destabilising the freshwater supply on which all life depends. Multiple disasters in 2022 drove home the point...
Loss And Ingenuity Amid Climate Change
Asian countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In 2022, the damage across the region from catastrophes...
Floods Hit Every Continent In ’22: What Can Be Done To Limit Damage?
Communities are being pushed into a reckoning onset by climate change — adapt their way of living to mitigate flood...
Tobacco: Vaping And Smoking Drive Harm To The Environment
Vaping for a day and tossing it away is all the rage. Electronic cigarette sales have boomed in recent years,...
