The Life Of A Researcher Studying Springs In The Himalayas
It is a rocky, uneven path down to the spring where the women of Damthang…
Climate Change
On Climate Justice, India Should Practise What It Preaches
The first ever draft resolution to include climate change in the mandate of the United…
Supertyphoon Rai ‘Exceeded All Predictions’
The rapid intensification that turned this week’s Typhoon Rai into the strongest storm to hit…
Himalayan Glaciers Melting At An ‘Exceptional Rate’: Study
Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an “exceptional” rate because of global warming, threatening…
‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’ Challenges Dominant View Of Development
(Book Review by Joydeep Gupta) I did not ‘like’ The Nutmeg’s Curse by Amitav Ghosh….
Major Collapse Of West Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Can Be Averted
(The Conversation: with Dan Lowry, Ice Sheet & Climate Modeller, GNS Science; Mario Krapp, Environmental…
Climate Action In 2022: What’s Next For South, Central And SE Asia?
Many Asian countries made net-zero pledges at COP26 in Glasgow last month, but most were…
Ships In Arctic Are Leaving Behind Garbage, Warn Scientists
Following another year of stark climate impacts in the Arctic, scientists warned on Tuesday of…
Climate Change Worsened Extreme Weather Events In 2021
Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and…
Polluters Risk Litigation If They Fail To Address Loss And Damage
Thirty years ago, Vanuatu first brought the harms being caused by climate change to the…
Explainer: What Is Regenerative Agriculture?
“Regeneration” is a buzzword in the agriculture sector and beyond. It’s the subject of a…
How B’desh Is Beating The Odds On Climate Disaster Deaths
When Cyclone Bhola hit what is now present-day Bangladesh in 1970, it killed 300,000 to…
UNOCHA Says Current Warming Trajectory Will Lead To Humanitarian Crisis
Between 2000 and 2019, over 7,000 disasters were recorded worldwide, an 83% rise on the…
Why India Is Neglecting Its Methane Problem
Last month at COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane…
UN Projects Soaring World Humanitarian Needs In 2022
The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people, who together would amount…
World’s Underground Fungal Life To Be Mapped For First Time
Scientists have unveiled plans to map the world’s huge underground webs of fungi for the…
What Record Warm Winters Mean For Glaciers In Everest Region
In late winter 2020, glaciologist Sudip Thakuri visited Kalinchowk, a peak in the Himalayas around…
Oil Firms Face Workforce Crunch As Renewable Energy Beckons
The oil and gas industry risks a huge workforce shortage as more than half of…
COP26: Key Outcomes From A ‘Fragile Win’
After running over by a day, negotiators at COP26 finally reached agreement on a “Glasgow…
Springs Dying Across Himachal Pradesh
The population of Mundaghat village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has come down…
Other Species Pose A Threat To Antarctica’s Fragile Ecosystem
(The Conversation: By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong and Shavawn Donoghue,…
Only 1.2% Of Top Firms Make Major Climate Disclosures
Little more than one percent of 5,000 big companies globally are making substantial disclosures of…
5 Sustainable Solutions To Tackle Extreme Heat In South Asia
As the world warms, there is an urgent need to find ways to keep people…
How Enforceable Are Climate Pledges?
All is said and done at the U.N. climate talks, and the ink on the…
COP26: Feats, Foibles And Failures
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) drew to a close yesterday, Friday, November 12. When…