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UN adopts first declaration on sea level rise, backs continued statehood of island nations

UN adopts first declaration on sea level rise, backs continued statehood of island nations

28 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 23, 2026)

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal depression intensifies as heavy rain batters Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal depression intensifies as heavy rain batters Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

22 Sep 2026

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

16 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2026)

15 Sep 2026

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2026)

11 Sep 2026

3 min read

The highway connecting Tamlu with Mon and other parts of Longleng districts destroyed by a landslide.

As Nagaland’s hills crack and sink, Longleng residents fear a slow disaster is only beginning

Sandipan Talukdar

10 Sep 2026

9 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2026)

10 Sep 2026

3 min read

Rains have been so plentiful in drought-prone Bundelkhand that kharif crops have suffered; but there is hope for the rabi season

Rains have been so plentiful in drought-prone Bundelkhand that kharif crops have suffered; but there is hope for the rabi season

10 Sep 2026

3 min read

Indigenous territories conserve Ecuadorian Amazon as effectively as protected areas, study finds

Indigenous territories conserve Ecuadorian Amazon as effectively as protected areas, study finds

09 Sep 2026

2 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 7, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 7, 2026)

08 Sep 2026

4 min read

News

UN adopts first declaration on sea level rise, backs continued statehood of island nations

UN adopts first declaration on sea level rise, backs continued statehood of island nations

28 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 23, 2026)

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal depression intensifies as heavy rain batters Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal depression intensifies as heavy rain batters Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

22 Sep 2026

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2026)

16 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2026)

15 Sep 2026

5 min read

Interviews

‘Hopeful genres like solarpunk can help bring climate discussions to dinner tables’

‘Hopeful genres like solarpunk can help bring climate discussions to dinner tables’

Preetha Banerjee

12 Sep 2026

10 min read

‘Give each major Indian written language the chance to shine as a way of expressing new ideas, especially in science and tech’

‘Give each major Indian written language the chance to shine as a way of expressing new ideas, especially in science and tech’

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

12 Sep 2026

15 min read

Sujata with a calf at her plantation in Coorg, Karnataka, where she tries to ensure the interdependence of species.

‘Rethinking language biases would enable us to look more holistically at agroecological practices’

Preetha Banerjee

22 Aug 2026

6 min read

Georg Schwede

‘COP17 still has the opportunity to become a turning point for biodiversity’

13 Aug 2026

4 min read

‘Repeal of endangerment finding is part of a systematic effort by US to dismantle climate policy’

‘Repeal of endangerment finding is part of a systematic effort by US to dismantle climate policy’

02 Mar 2026

4 min read

“Nature is the greatest consoler”

“Nature is the greatest consoler”

Preetha Banerjee

17 Jan 2026

4 min read

Donald Trump watches as Operation Absolute Resolve unfolds

The entire US intervention in Venezuela boils down to ideology, oil and international relations: Aprajita Kashyap

04 Jan 2026

7 min read

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

17 Feb 2025

7 min read

Blog (Environment)

The cap cloud above Kokthang (6,148 metres) that started this essay.

Science & Technology

Frank Zappa at 6,000 metres: How vapour becomes spectacle over Kangchenjunga

25 Sep 2026

8 min read

Global chemical review committee adopts guidance on insecticide methyl parathion

Global chemical review committee adopts guidance on insecticide methyl parathion

24 Sep 2026

3 min read

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

Protecting Himalayan ecology is not an environmental luxury but a humanitarian imperative

Protecting Himalayan ecology is not an environmental luxury but a humanitarian imperative

09 Sep 2026

6 min read

Videos (Environment)

Why are the Kishtwar and Wayanad landslides similar?

Natural Disasters

Why are the Kishtwar and Wayanad landslides similar?

09 Jul 2026

1 min read

Why are Indian mangoes being rejected?

Why are Indian mangoes being rejected?

19 Jun 2026

1 min read

Sunita Narain Show: The new environmentalism for our human survival

Sunita Narain Show: The new environmentalism for our human survival

09 Jun 2026

1 min read

Making Delhi heat-resilient in 2026 summer: Sunita Narain

Making Delhi heat-resilient in 2026 summer: Sunita Narain

01 Jun 2026

1 min read

Books (Environment)

Han Kang of South Korea (Right), 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the press conference during the 2024 Nobel Prize week in Stockholm, Sweden.

Literature in Nobel laureate Han Kang’s world is not an escape from darkness, but the stubborn preservation of human tenderness within it

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

01 Aug 2026

5 min read

Book Excerpt: More adventures of Ruddy

Book Excerpt: More adventures of Ruddy

Rohan Chakravarty

09 May 2026

1 min read

Rajendra Yadav and Mannu Bhandari

Two lives, one marriage, and the ethics of memory

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

11 Apr 2026

6 min read

Mani Ratnam’s Raavan built a language for ecological consciousness in modern Indian cinema

Mani Ratnam’s Raavan built a language for ecological consciousness in modern Indian cinema

18 Mar 2026

4 min read

Explore More (Environment)

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

16 Sep 2026

3 min read

When your canvas is a metropolis

When your canvas is a metropolis

Vikas Choudhary

11 Sep 2026

1 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

01 Sep 2026

3 min read

Highlights from the issue - August 2026

Highlights from the issue

20 Aug 2026

3 min read

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