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Timing is money: Why India must align its water and crop calendars to secure its farming future

Laxmi Joshi

23 hours ago

5 min read

Gobar Times: Every drop counts

Vipin Kumar Tyagi

14 Sep 2025

1 min read

From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England

Ruth Emily Sylvester

12 Sep 2025

4 min read

Gobar Times: Every drop counts

Vipin Kumar Tyagi

14 Sep 2025

1 min read

Vembanad Lake, Kerala’s most photographed symbol of serenity, may be scripting its own obituary

K A Shaji

09 Sep 2025

3 min read

Open defecation in low-income countries four times higher than global average: UN report

Madhumita Paul

27 Aug 2025

3 min read

Sumer, which gave us ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’, rose as a result of rivers, tides and sediments

Rajat Ghai

23 Aug 2025

2 min read

Ramsar COP15 closes in Zimbabwe with renewed commitment to wetland conservation

Cyril Zenda

01 Aug 2025

4 min read

Ramsar COP15: Centrality of indigenous knowledge and local communities in wetland management highlighted

Cyril Zenda

31 Jul 2025

6 min read

COP15 President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the summit.

Ramsar COP15 opens in Zimbabwe with urgent call to reverse wetland decline

Cyril Zenda

25 Jul 2025

4 min read

UN policy brief highlights dire health consequences of land degradation, drought

Sushmita Sengupta

22 Jul 2025

4 min read

Day Zero? Kabul could be first world capital without water before 2030, warns report

Rajat Ghai

21 Jul 2025

3 min read

Experts to assess climate risks and find ways to build resilience in Meghna river basin

Himanshu Nitnaware

21 Jul 2025

2 min read

The shape of water

Madhav Sharma

19 Jul 2025

3 min read

Keta Lagoon, also known as Anlo-Keta lagoon, is the largest of over 90 lagoons that stretch along Ghana's 550-kilometre coastline.

Ghana study flags heavy metal contamination in Keta Lagoon fish, high cancer risk for children

Susan Chacko

14 Jul 2025

2 min read

Timing is money: Why India must align its water and crop calendars to secure its farming future

Laxmi Joshi

23 hours ago

5 min read

From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England

Ruth Emily Sylvester

12 Sep 2025

4 min read

There is a need to develop a culture of preserving water, not wasting it

Jit Kumar Gupta

08 Sep 2025

4 min read

Alarming levels of fluoride contamination found in surface water of Arunachal Pradesh, raising health concerns

Aribam Rocky Sharma

26 Aug 2025

4 min read

India’s pioneering Spring Census: timely action to save the lifelines of the mountains

Yogesh Chandra Barola

22 Aug 2025

4 min read

Red algal blooms are a biological red flag, a signal that our water bodies are in distress

Moumita Karmakar

19 Aug 2025

4 min read

Lake Mead, impounded by Hoover Dam, contains far less water than it used to.

As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

Sarah Porter

08 Aug 2025

6 min read

Follow the birds, and you’ll understand what wetlands are worth

Musonda Mumba

19 Jul 2025

4 min read

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Top News

Timing is money: Why India must align its water and crop calendars to secure its farming future

Gobar Times: Every drop counts

From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England

News

Gobar Times: Every drop counts

Vembanad Lake, Kerala’s most photographed symbol of serenity, may be scripting its own obituary

Open defecation in low-income countries four times higher than global average: UN report

Sumer, which gave us ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’, rose as a result of rivers, tides and sediments

Ramsar COP15 closes in Zimbabwe with renewed commitment to wetland conservation

Ramsar COP15: Centrality of indigenous knowledge and local communities in wetland management highlighted

Ramsar COP15 opens in Zimbabwe with urgent call to reverse wetland decline

UN policy brief highlights dire health consequences of land degradation, drought

Day Zero? Kabul could be first world capital without water before 2030, warns report

Experts to assess climate risks and find ways to build resilience in Meghna river basin

The shape of water

Ghana study flags heavy metal contamination in Keta Lagoon fish, high cancer risk for children

Interviews

Getting the BBNJ Agreement enter into force at the UN Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head-on & will convert crisis into opportunity’

‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’

Fact or fallacy: ‘RO is a defence against contaminants’

Amazon’s future bleak unless environmental protection and industrial development policies are overhauled: Aline Carrara

Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson

Blogs

Timing is money: Why India must align its water and crop calendars to secure its farming future

From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England

There is a need to develop a culture of preserving water, not wasting it

Alarming levels of fluoride contamination found in surface water of Arunachal Pradesh, raising health concerns

India’s pioneering Spring Census: timely action to save the lifelines of the mountains

Red algal blooms are a biological red flag, a signal that our water bodies are in distress

As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

Follow the birds, and you’ll understand what wetlands are worth