New research from 141 Indian cities reveals that seasonal climate and geography lead to contrasting regional signatures of ...

A new study from Assam reports that even dead and decapitated snakes can inject venom causing injuries if timely treatment is not provided. Envenomation by a dead snake can possibly be because of ...

Plastics may be affordable and convenient but their production burdens people living near the refineries. Fossil fuel extraction and the manufacture of polymers, the source of plastics, are associated ...

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Aditi Tandon is a Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Solar parks need 7,000–20,000 litres of water per megawatt (MW) per wash. Many solar installations in India are located in arid and semi-arid areas bringing significant risk to the local ecosystem and ...

Muppandal in Tamil Nadu is home to India’s largest operational onshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. Over three decades, there are visible social impacts on the people living in the ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states witnessed long spells ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. While India races ahead with dreams of how it will emerge as a leader in the world, little attention is being paid to the massive degradation of ...