The Banni grasslands in Gujarat store 27 million tones of carbon, finds a new study. Grasslands are rarely considered allies in the fight against climate change, even though soil is a considerable ...

The book, My Head for a Tree, documents the past and present status of environmental activism by the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan. Using narrative nonfiction, it combines retelling of historical ...

India's progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow, but some educators are working ...

A recent expedition by researchers and filmmakers into Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh yielded startling results, including the identification of several species new to science. The Siang river ...

The Save Silent Valley movement gained momentum as an altruistic people's campaign, involving students, scientists, and citizens.

The President of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sikkim cadre has requested in a letter to prime minister, that the Union government withhold its approval to rebuild the Teesta III Hydro Electric ...

The Indus river dolphin is found only in the lower Indus river system in Pakistan and India. Since the 1870s, its habitat has shrunk by 80%, leaving around 2,000 individuals today.

Agrivoltaics in India faces scalability challenges despite a decade of trials, but innovations in space management and integrated farming systems offer promising solutions.

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.

Cricket has deep roots in Kashmir, with a bat manufacturing legacy from the 19th century. Challenges like identifying true cricket bat willow and government support are crucial for industry ...

Drones, smart devices for precision-farming and pest identification apps are some of the most-used agritech interventions that help Indian farmers during the period of crop growth.