If you liked this story, share it with other people. During a field visit for a research project, we met two brothers in Narmadapuram district, Madhya Pradesh. They are from Amritsar, Punjab. Their ...

Successful mangrove restoration requires balancing ecological goals with social and economic realities, as exemplified by the community-led efforts of Tridibnagar. Large-scale projects often fail due ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. But the one ring does not exist in the reality of India’s eroding wetlands, and instead of orcs, humans are responsible for much of the destruction ...

Apart from mechanical and chemical control methods to tackle invasive plant species, scientists also employ classical biocontrol agents such as fungi. Key to the success of a classical biocontrol ...

Industrial plants participating in an air pollution emissions trading scheme reduced particulate emissions by 20-30%. Apart from reducing emissions, the air pollution market also resulted in fewer ...

A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers are warming and melting faster than expected. Data from the ...

Rapid urbanisation, encroachment, and poor governance have led to the degradation of Bengaluru’s lakes, once important for water storage and flood control. 85% of the 183 remaining lakes are severely ...

The Supreme Court’s interim stay on the environment ministry’s Environmental Impact Assessment violation procedures last year prompted influential industry groups to intervene in the ongoing case.

Last month, a caracal was recorded by a camera trap for the first time in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. The forest department plans to increase the number of camera traps in the location, ...

The increasing number of wildfires in north and central India, are degrading forests, threatening biodiversity, and accelerating desertification, scientists note. While the number and intensity of ...

The International Maritime Organization has approved a framework requiring ships to pay for carbon emissions, starting 2028. The framework sets emission reduction targets benchmarked against 2008 ...

South India’s tea sector is struggling with declining prices, rising production costs, and climate-related yield drops, leaving tea growers in the lurch. As a buffer against the volatile tea market, ...