A Liberian-flagged ship sank off Kochi, leaking oil and cargo. While the spill is contained, missing hazardous materials may harm marine ecosystems long-term.

Cotton is one of India’s top agricultural exports and between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the country’s cotton exports consumed roughly 40 trillion litres of water. Top cotton-producing districts in ...

A new research paper has described two new catfish species and revalidated a previously identified species from the Ganga river basin. The freshwater fish diversity in India remains poorly studied, ...

Hauz-i-Shamsi, an ancient waterbody in Mehrauli in Delhi, has been revived using nature-based solutions. Urban lakes create their microclimate and can help combat the urban heat island effect if ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Forest ‘encroachment’ under the legal cover of the Forest Act of 1865, commenced with the inception of the Imperial Forest Department in 1864, now ...

India’s first open-access native plant germination database, developed by ERA-India, shares methods for growing over 465 native species. Resilient and better adapted to local conditions, native plants ...

India has released two genome-edited rice varieties aimed at enhancing yield and resilience against environmental stresses. Both varieties were developed using a genome editing technique, which allows ...

Rural water supply systems struggle to keep pace with falling water tables as groundwater depletion around Bengaluru gets critical. Current policies focus on infrastructure and economics while poor ...

Stone-crusher operations and mining activities have disturbed the nilgai habitat in Palamu district of Jharkhand. This has led to the nilgai venturing into agricultural fields for food and water and ...

Climate adaptation is highly understudied in India, with the term often being mentioned without capturing details or impacts. A review of hundreds of papers on adaptation, published from 2017-2023, ...

The Shillong Plateau in Meghalaya, acts as a barrier to the humid air masses of the summer monsoon from the Bay of Bengal, and forces the wind to ascend on its southern windward side causing high ...