Batagur kachuga turtles have been translocated and released in the Ganga river and tagged with sonic devices to monitor them.

In April 2022, several images of dead fish floating in the Banganga tank, located in Mumbai’s Malabar hill area, circulated on news sites and social media platforms. Clean up efforts were initiated ...

Dam construction is one of the oldest, most preferred tools to manage freshwater for various uses. The practice reached a peak internationally in the 1960s and ’70s, but in recent years dam ...

The Indigenous Sherpa communities living in Nepal’s Himalayas find themselves at the forefront of climate change, say the authors of a recent book about the legendary mountaineers. Mountaineering has ...

While India races ahead with dreams of how it will emerge as a leader in the world, little attention is being paid to the massive degradation of soil. It is a serious issue as India is an agricultural ...

The high peaks of the Himalayas, rising in places to more than 8,800 metres (29,000 feet), act as a physical barrier separating nuclear-armed neighbours. The mountains serve as a wall between these ...

The activism around Kerala’s Silent Valley was a grassroots movement to protect the pristine forests from being submerged by a proposed hydroelectric dam, highlighting the conflict between ...

India is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. Concretisation and development in the country’s floodplains reduce the carrying capacity of rivers and streams, which exacerbates urban ...

Rapid urbanisation, population growth, and unplanned development have led to land use and land cover changes in Ladakh, adding stress on groundwater resources in the region, says a new study.

Cities and homes are set to get hotter over the coming decades as a result of climate change, migration to urban areas, the Urban Heat Island Effect and the increasing use of air conditioners. Passive ...

This is the first article in a two-part series on lessons from Odanthurai’s ambitious renewable energy experiments. Part Two will highlight the attempt at a community-owned windmill that faces an ...

The poor condition of lakes in Bengaluru and subsequent revival efforts have been under scrutiny and public discourse for several years now. Jakkur Lake in north Bengaluru has received many accolades ...