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 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 ...

China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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.

In recent times, the makhana, often promoted as a superfood high in protein, has seen a significant surge in popularity. Although the nuts are now gaining popularity globally, in India, this superfood ...

Tiny fabric scraps, escape waste management systems and often end up in landfills, where they take decades to decompose and release harmful greenhouse gases. Indian fashion designers are now gathering ...

Industries can achieve better pollution index ratings by improving environmental performance, such as switching to cleaner fuels and reducing pollution levels. The pollution index scores quantify the ...

In coffee agroforests that use a diversity of native tree species for shade, seeds that are normally cleared by farmers can be collected instead, new research proposes. The numbers of restoration and ...