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Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2026)

21 Sep 2026

4 min read

India’s groundwater in persistent decline, warns UN report

India’s groundwater in persistent decline, warns UN report

18 Sep 2026

2 min read

News

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2026)

21 Sep 2026

4 min read

India’s groundwater in persistent decline, warns UN report

India’s groundwater in persistent decline, warns UN report

18 Sep 2026

2 min read

The project involves a 232.6-metre-high concrete gravity dam on the Tons River along the Uttarakhand-Himachal Pradesh border.

Six states sign Kishau water agreement, but experts question dam’s risks and utility

17 Sep 2026

6 min read

A fisher selling dried marine food in Amalapuram.

Economics of changing waters: Poor catch, rough seas and rising costs leave Andhra fishers struggling

Kavitha Yarlagadda

15 Sep 2026

6 min read

Rains have been so plentiful in drought-prone Bundelkhand that kharif crops have suffered; but there is hope for the rabi season

Rains have been so plentiful in drought-prone Bundelkhand that kharif crops have suffered; but there is hope for the rabi season

10 Sep 2026

3 min read

As Kutch and Saurashtra teeter on the edge of drought, farmers demand release of Narmada water; however, there is a catch

As Kutch and Saurashtra teeter on the edge of drought, farmers demand release of Narmada water; however, there is a catch

07 Sep 2026

5 min read

Punjab’s groundwater crisis: 52% more groundwater extraction than annual availability, canals being sought as a solution

Punjab’s groundwater crisis: 52% more groundwater extraction than annual availability, canals being sought as a solution

04 Sep 2026

3 min read

Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

28 Aug 2026

4 min read

Study links carbon majors to major water losses in western US

Study links carbon majors to major water losses in western US

26 Aug 2026

3 min read

Dangerous gamble

Dangerous gamble

20 Aug 2026

2 min read

Kerala’s recent floods show Pamba river, Vembanad-Kuttanad wetland system under enormous strain: Experts

Kerala’s recent floods show Pamba river, Vembanad-Kuttanad wetland system under enormous strain: Experts

17 Aug 2026

5 min read

Interviews

‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’

‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’

03 Aug 2026

3 min read

‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’

‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’

Akshit Sangomla

24 Apr 2026

3 min read

Kanwarpreet Singh, associate professor in the department of civil engineering at Chandigarh University.

‘Research based on GIS and remote sensing helps in identifying reliable and sustainable drinking water sources’

Sushmita Sengupta

08 Apr 2026

4 min read

journalist, author and filmmaker SANJOY HAZARIKA

‘Rivers need to run free’

14 Mar 2026

3 min read

‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

Akshit Sangomla

27 Jan 2026

12 min read

Economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

‘The poorer you are, the more expensive water is’

Preetha Banerjee

08 Nov 2025

2 min read

Blogs

The Ken river downstream at Madla in Madhya Pradesh.

Global experience shows why the Ken-Betwa river-linking project needs rethinking

04 Sep 2026

6 min read

Infrastructure alone cannot secure the future of the Ganga. We need millions of informed citizens who choose to value and protect it

Infrastructure alone cannot secure the future of the Ganga. We need millions of informed citizens who choose to value and protect it

25 Aug 2026

8 min read

Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?

Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?

Shruthi Srinivasan

21 Aug 2026

5 min read

When El Niño hits the farm, inflation follows: Why irrigation matters for rural resilience

When El Niño hits the farm, inflation follows: Why irrigation matters for rural resilience

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

20 Aug 2026

6 min read

Eighteen years after Kosi breach, flood victims still await compensation and rehabilitation

Eighteen years after Kosi breach, flood victims still await compensation and rehabilitation

19 Aug 2026

5 min read

Tamil Nadu’s Tamirabharani or Porunai river is now a ‘legal person’, marking a milestone in India’s Earth Jurisprudence

Tamil Nadu’s Tamirabharani or Porunai river is now a ‘legal person’, marking a milestone in India’s Earth Jurisprudence

Manjeri Subin Sunder Raj

17 Aug 2026

4 min read

Rescue operations in the flooded area in Pathanamthitta, Kerala in August 2018.

Myth and reality of 100-year flood: Kerala’s recurring deluges expose how the comforting phrase masks a harsh, annual risk

Ganesh Radhakrishnan

13 Aug 2026

4 min read

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

10 Aug 2026

8 min read

Videos

India’s reservoir crisis: Why are dams still empty this monsoon?

India’s reservoir crisis: Why are dams still empty this monsoon?

Uneven rainfall and poor inflows into key catchment areas are leaving many reservoirs critically low

07 Jul 2026

1 min read

El Nino: Why is Pune facing a water shortage?

El Nino: Why is Pune facing a water shortage?

19 Jun 2026

1 min read

The Sunita Narain Show: Water security agenda in the age of climate change

The Sunita Narain Show: Water security agenda in the age of climate change

17 May 2026

1 min read

World Water Day 2026: Harvest every drop to build a water-wise future, says Sunita Narain

World Water Day 2026: Harvest every drop to build a water-wise future, says Sunita Narain

22 Mar 2026

1 min read

Gulf countries have oil but lack water: Desalination water plants hit amid Iran US-Israel Conflict

Gulf countries have oil but lack water: Desalination water plants hit amid Iran US-Israel Conflict

19 Mar 2026

1 min read

Why is Jammu & Kashmir’s Jhelum river drying after winter?

Why is Jammu & Kashmir’s Jhelum river drying after winter?

17 Mar 2026

1 min read

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