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Active fires and its impact on air quality in southeast Asia.
Climate Change

Indonesia wildfire crisis sparks protests as toxic haze spreads across Southeast Asia

Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
More than 1.9 million hectares burned by the end of September, according to satellite data, as severe drought and El Niño conditions intensify the fires
An unconditional basic income of nearly £2 a day improved food security and living standards while supporting forest conservation among Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
Forests

How £2 a day is helping Indigenous communities protect Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Himanshu Nitnaware
5 min read
New study links unconditional basic income programme to improved food security, reduced migration and greater participation in forest conservation among Indigenous communities
When hills are sold, who pays the debt of dust?
Environment

When hills are sold, who pays the debt of dust?

Amarendra Kishore
7 min read
Auctions of stone-mining blocks have begun in Rohtas, Bihar. How will the region's natural resources and a heritage thousands of years old be priced?
Active fires and its impact on air quality in southeast Asia.
Climate Change

Indonesia wildfire crisis sparks protests as toxic haze spreads across Southeast Asia

By
Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
An unconditional basic income of nearly £2 a day improved food security and living standards while supporting forest conservation among Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
Forests

How £2 a day is helping Indigenous communities protect Peru’s Amazon rainforest

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
5 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2026)

By
Susan Chacko
3 min read
Yerevan pathway: The big asks from and by indigenous communities
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Yerevan pathway: The big asks from and by indigenous communities

By
Vibha Varshney
2 min read
Heavy rain alert has been issued for southern India, with extremely heavy rainfall expected in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal.
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Heavy rain alert for Tamil Nadu; thunderstorms likely in North India from October 23

By
Dayanidhi
2 min read
Emissions Gap Report 2026: Point of no return for the 1.5°C warming threshold
Climate Change

Emissions Gap Report 2026: Point of no return for the 1.5°C warming threshold

By
Richard Mahapatra
3 min read
A herd of yaks against the backdrop of Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Himalayan yak herders from Bhutan, India and Nepal unite amid climate and pasture pressures

By
Shagun
2 min read
England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops
Climate Change

England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops

By
Kiran Pandey
3 min read
Phosphate from penguin droppings helps green algae growing on Antarctic snow thrive
Climate Change

How penguin droppings may accelerate snowmelt in Antarctica

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
The global shift towards electric transport and renewable energy is driving unprecedented demand for lithium.
Energy

Indian scientists develop new way to extract lithium from seawater

By
Dayanidhi
4 min read
Under India’s Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, an area of 100 m around an educational institution may be declared a silence zone
Pollution

Inside the silence zone: How noise pollution near schools impacts students' health and education

By
Rohan Singh
4 min read
Although centipedes are small, they play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Three new centipede species discovered in Western Ghats

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
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