Category Archives: Environment

“Long before biodiversity became a science, Indigenous communities knew the forests by heart

“Long before biodiversity became a science, Indigenous communities knew the forests by heart. They carry [...]

GUWAHATI Human factors, and not necessarily climate change, worsened the floods in a part of eastern

GUWAHATI Human factors, and not necessarily climate change, worsened the floods in a part of [...]

The project includes a proposed power plant at Galathea, located near Shompen settlements

The project includes a proposed power plant at Galathea, located near Shompen settlements. Tribal leaders [...]

NGT petitioned against illegal riverbed mining near Kaziranga

GUWAHATI Seven years after the Supreme Court ordered a complete ban on mining and related [...]

Government and policy briefing: Centre relaxes construction hurdles in Ganga flood plain

The Union government eased restrictions governing construction along the Ganga flood plain this week, paving [...]

A blueprint for India’s next energy transition: to electrify industrial heat

I ndia’s energy transition is already mainstreaming renewable-powered electrification across major demand centres. Electric mobility [...]

Hidden environmental cost of powering growing digital and AI-world

Indicating an invisible water footprint behind instant responses generated by systems such as ChatGPT, a [...]

2024 Wayanad landslide: Study reveals the interplay of climate and geology

The devastating 2024 Wayanad landslide cannot be attributed to extreme rainfall alone but was also [...]

Why Coimbatore is planting bamboo around its lakes

At the 90-acre Vellalore Lake butterflies bask in sunshine, ducks glide along the still waters, [...]

Bahar Dutt on ‘Shared Spaces’: Human beings are not outside nature

In India, wildlife exists in a sea of humanity. Still, their stories are often told [...]