Food is shaped by environmental and landscape change. In a recent art exhibit, the artists traced informal dairy economies in Uttar Pradesh, shifting horticultural seasons in Ladakh, and changing land ...

A study has documented hermit crabs trapped in bottles and containers on the Nicobar Islands. Smaller crabs are disproportionately impacted because bottle openings selectively trap only those crabs ...

Solar parks need 7,000–20,000 litres of water per megawatt (MW) per wash. Many solar installations in India are located in arid and semi-arid areas bringing significant risk to the local ecosystem and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Imagine a residential complex in a city such as Indore or Surat in the year 2030. If it looks like the high-rises being built in these cities today ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Morning walkers, residents of nearby residential complexes, vouch for the beauty and serenity of Jakkur Lake in Bengaluru and completely endorse ...

Muppandal in Tamil Nadu is home to India’s largest operational onshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. Over three decades, there are visible social impacts on the people living in the ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mohammad Shakeel Ahmad, 34, who works at the King’s International Tannery based in Unnao, points to an unusually empty section of the facility ...

Consumers discarded 53.6 million tonnes worth of electronics in 2019, globally up 20 percent in 5 years. But only 17.4 percent was recycled sustainably. India generates about 3 million tonnes (MT) of ...

Corals are under constant threat by a number of anthropogenic and climatic factors. India has five different regions where coral reefs are found. All carry out coral transplantation projects in varied ...

Delhi-based NGO Call for Justice, conducted a study on the implementation of Forest Rights Act across five states, and found varying gaps in implementation. Forest-dwelling communities who are not ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...