New deal

The last 125 km

Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape

High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions

Scrutinising disasters

FLOOD STUDIES IN INDIA Kale, Vishwas S . Geological Society of India (Memoir; 41) . Bangalore . 1998 . 256 pp

The fish barrier

Threat to fish due to dams quantified in Mekong basin

Channels of interest

National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

Now it is floods

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Rivulet resurrected in 45 days

Thousands of people working under NREGS bring a 38 km stream back from the dead in Uttar Pradesh

Asian scientists on new plan to study monsoon patterns

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

Forgetting science

‘Scrap 24 dams, save Ganga’

Wildlife Institute of India report warns against ecological impact of dams in Uttarakhand

Ganga needs water, not money

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

Kerala's backwaters carry modern-day brunt

Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care

Course correction

10 reasons why Sri Sri Ravishankar should not be conducting the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain

The activity cannot be termed as a benign activity and shall have a permanent footprint on the floodplain, say experts

Cauvery gouged

Ten years after the Tamil Nadu government took over sand mining from private players, illegalities continue, harming agriculture and draining the …

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …

Land over nature

Cities are expanding indiscriminately across the globe, at the cost of rich biodiversity  

Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanisation in the city increased by almost 20 times

Springing back to life

Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict