How Climate Change Is Killing Languages
On 2 May 2023, Pauline Stensgar, of Keller, Washington State, died at the age of…
Climate Change
Threat From Climate Change Reshaping Some Religious Beliefs
The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed…
India, Nepal Overlook Environmental Issues In Hydropower Deals
This June, monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Nepal’s hilly regions, but the country’s southern lowlands…
Climate Change Might Trigger More Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes
Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and…
How Board Games Can Get People Involved In Climate Action
The dangerous wildfires burning across the world show us how real the climate crisis has…
ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability
By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the…
Sacred Fossils Are Getting Rarer To Find Due To Climate Change
For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have…
Do Phrases Like ‘Global Boiling’ Help Or Hinder Climate Action?
Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era…
A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?
The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has…
Flooding Caused Greatest Economic Damages In Asia In 2022
The Asian region was battered by extreme events driven by climate change, with flooding emerging…
Antarctica Is Missing A Chunk Of Sea Ice Bigger Than Greenland!
Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the…
‘We Must Never Assume That A Healthy Planet Is Automatic’
In June 2023, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced Monica P. Medina as its new…
Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters
Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual…
How To Manage The Global Land Squeeze?
Rising population and demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel are increasing competition for land. For…
Himalayas Losing Glaciers, Snow, More Hazards In Offing: New Study
“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are…
As Heat Waves Increase, Are India’s Heat Action Plans Effective?
The April heat wave in South and Southeast Asia this year was detrimental to vulnerable…
Himalayan Communities And The Necessity Of Impact-Based Forecasting
When water levels rose in a tributary of the Koshi river during the 2019 monsoon,…
Is It Really Hotter Now Than Any Time In The Past 100,000 Years?
As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying…
India’s Tiger Reserves Have Helped In The Fight Against Climate Change
New research shows that India’s tiger conservation policy has not only helped in preserving and…
Kerala’s Dwindling Mangroves Need Concerted Effort In Conservation
When 1000 kilometres of mangrove tidal wetland vegetation, along the shoreline of Australia’s remote Gulf…
What El Niño Means For The World’s Perilous Climate Tipping Points
The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and…
Global Warming Shocks The Tibetan Plateau
In May this year, I followed the Hengduan mountains into the south-east of Tibet. Now,…
What Will An El Niño Bring Next To India?
India’s monsoon was delayed by three weeks this year. This meant far lower rainfall across…
Environmentalists Concerned As Work On Tawi Riverfront Continues
Environmental activists have raised concerns about the government’s Tawi riverfront development project in Jammu and…
Medical Processes Hide True Number Of Indians Dying From Extreme Heat
Between 15 and 22 June this year, more than 150 people died in two hospitals…