The ‘good fire’: Prescribed burning can prevent catastrophic wildfires in the future

Building a culture where fire is respected rather than feared is essential to maintain resilient landscapes

Climate crisis: Uttarakhand may see forest fires round the year

It is winters but state forests are on fire. Experts say lack of soil moisture due to insufficent rainfall aided spread

Forest fires in Europe could increase by 200 per cent by 2090, says a study

Study highlights the importance of adaptation measures in combating the effects of climate change

In 2018, natural disasters cost the world $225 billion

Extreme weather-related disasters caused 89 per cent of the economic loss in Asia Pacific region

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

Forest fire mitigation strategies in Madhya Pradesh should prioritise tribal communities

Local communities, government agencies, non-profits and researchers must work together to mitigate forest fires and build resilient socioeconomic …

Beating the drought

How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched

Most forest fires this year were in and around national parks, sanctuaries

About seven to eight incidents of big forest fires have been reported from across the country; fire that broke out on Nagaland’s Mount Japfu,…

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines

To relax rules to lure tendu contractors

Ozone layer threatenecl

Where there is smoke

Forest fires could have unexpected effects on the world's climate

Mapping the dirt

NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution

Forest fires singe Maharashtra

Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them

Taming wild fires

Computer simulations can help prevent devastating wildfires

Cricket among sports to be hit by climate change: Study

Excess heat, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation may derail global sports

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Friendly fires

Forest fires can actually lead to enrichment of soil and enhanced growth of vegetation

What caused Europe's heatwave?

The intense heatwave that baked much of Europe for weeks has convinced many people about the changing climate

Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires

Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires

System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

India

Forests under threat

OXIDANT AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS IN THE MONTANE FORESTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A CASE STUDY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS·Paul R Miller, …

ASEAN nations adopt transboundary haze monitoring system

System would keep an eye on fire-emitting hot spots across the region to curb emissions