Several global conglomerates are engaging with an Indian firm to buy carbon credits generated through carbon removal projects. One such project involves biochar-based carbon removal, where an invasive ...

Global agencies say El Niño is likely to strengthen in the coming months to a moderate to strong event. A stronger El Niño could increase the risk of erratic weather, heatwaves, weaker monsoon ...

A new global assessment identifies freshwater migratory fish as one of the most threatened vertebrate groups. The report identifies the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna systems as priority basins for ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Dipti Dheeraj Bhandari, a fisherwoman from Mumbai’s Charkop village, has been worried for weeks. In mid-December 2025, the Bombay High Court ...

The population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat has grown from 674 individuals to 891 between 2020 and 2025, according to the Gujarat Forest Department. From these, 394 were found in Gir National Park, Gir ...

Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan was once a degraded grassland with its blackbuck population having to be fed food and water by the forest department. Restoration efforts in the grasslands, ...

In Himachal Pradesh’s Kibber village, a team of local women were a key part of the scientific monitoring effort to estimate the region’s snow leopard population. Forest officials say collaboration ...

A recent study finds evidence of microplastics in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhoj wetland, a Ramsar site that provides drinking water to about 40% of Bhopal’s residents. The study attributed the microplastic ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

Nagaland is the first state in India to insure its entire geography against heavy rainfall. The scheme was revised to include a more accurate threshold based on localised meteorological data, and ...

Women now form 42% of India’s farm workforce but lack recognition, rights, and decision-making power. Land ownership remains critical without which women’s farm labour and decisions remain invisible, ...

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 ...