Best Of ’22: Water In A Climate-Changed Region
Climate change is destabilising the freshwater supply on which all life depends. Multiple disasters in…
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Drought Conditions Force Marathwada Farmers To Migrate For Work
It’s 8 p.m. on a rainy day in mid-October and a family of 10 from…
Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Energy Transitions
As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around…
Blue Jeans Is Costing The Planet Dearly
Eternally current and always fashionable, blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on…
Who Is Extracting Goa’s Groundwater?
Erwin Fonseca, a 47-year-old farmer lives in Goa’s Assagao, a village near the coast in…
Europe Facing Its Worst Drought In 500 Years
Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the…
Women’s Lives Get Harder In Bundelkhand As Water Scarcity Grows
Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks…
How Will We Live With Limited Freshwater?
The best of traditional and modern approaches can support each other to avoid droughts becoming…
Case For The Overhaul Of Water Mgmt Mindset
Ten major rivers flow down from the Hindu Kush Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. Their…
Climate Change: 100 Questions By Scientists
Scientists have identified 100 pressing research questions on climate change and water resources in the…
Hospitals In U’khand Struggle To Provide Care Due To Lack Of Water
Every day, the district hospital in Champawat needs at least 67,500 litres of water to…
Rising Heat Has Severe Implications For Water Security: CSE
The intense heatwave that has gripped large parts of India so early this summer is…
‘Change Cropping Pattern Or Our Rivers Will Dry Up This Century’
A top West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) official warned that “soon our rivers would…
Opinion: How Do We Adapt To An Intensified Water Cycle?
In August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its report of working…
Olympian Mirabai’s Village Awaits Water
The silver dust following the euphoria of the Tokyo Olympics success of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu…
The River In North India Being Hollowed Out For Concrete
It was around 5 AM on 19 October 2021, dark, drizzling and cold in the…
‘Watershed’ Puts Inequality At Heart Of India’s Water Crisis
Watershed: How We Destroyed India’s Water and How We Can Save It is a powerful…
MPs Make A Start In Understanding Rivers
The Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee report on water resources released on 3 August looks at…
The Real Business Of COP26
The COP26 summit this year will take place under the shadow of Covid-19. It had…