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

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

Laxmi Joshi
5 min read
India's agricultural future hinges on aligning water and crop calendars to combat the dual threats of drought stress and waterlogging
From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England
Water

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

Ruth Emily Sylvester
4 min read
A bold, new vision is needed to replace the outdated system, still in use, as it spills untreated waste into rivers, disproportionately affecting the poor and environment
There is a need to develop a culture of preserving water, not wasting it
Water

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

Jit Kumar Gupta
4 min read
We should try to save rainwater as much and wherever possible, besides mapping natural drainage
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
Lake Mead, impounded by Hoover Dam, contains far less water than it used to.
Follow the birds, and you’ll understand what wetlands are worth
Indus and Zanskar rivers' confluence in Ladakh.
Hidden in hindsight: Decoding desludging challenges in Uttar Pradesh
Bending the wetlands loss curve requires urgent scaling up of investments to conserve and restore
It’s vital for food safety to irrigate crops with water that is free of disease-causing microbes.
Land acquisition for rivers can help maintain small watersheds critical for India's river systems
Mauritius is facing a water crisis: harvesting water from its rivers with 10 reservoirs can help — research
International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2025: India’s arid landscape now receives more rains and floods
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