The plot thickens

Winter haze caused by thermal plants, not biomass burning

Drones help track wildfires, count wildlife and map plants

After learning how to operate a drone safely, users can acquire a variety of scientific data

Community management of ponds has been a success'

Mohit Kumar Ray, convener of Kolkata-based non-profit Vasundhara Foundation, says the city has been losing nearly 200 ponds each year for the …

Maharashtra forest department to go hi-tech

Satellite images and information technology will be used to check poaching, tree felling

ISRO satellite images show extent of inundation

Pictures show Jhelum river in spate and an overflowing Dal lake

Travel mystery of a turtle

New test tracks vanishing loggerheads in Florida

New method to recognise erosion gullies on satellite photos

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Remote sensing can resolve food crisis

It can help understand time-varying meteorological parameters for sustainable use in irrigation and crop management in the Indo-Gangetic basin 

Satellite study finds ammonia hotspots over agricultural areas

Ammonia concentration in the atmosphere over India is the highest in the world due to cattle population and excessive fertilizer use, says study

2016 experiences record-breaking heat for nine consecutive months

12 consecutive months from October 2015 to September 2016 have set new monthly high-temperature records

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Archaeology helps to unlearn too

Archaeology is the science that studies the remains of past cultures by investigating and analysing the objects people leave behind. It is a …

Get swayed

23 years of data shows wind speeds have increased

Warning sounded

Corals make a comeback

New technology to track animal distribution

Satellite data to help predict regions that risk having wildfires

Coming soon carpool for Delhi, NCR

Eye in the sky

Satellite data can help understand how animals migrate

Dying wetlands

Almost 40 per cent of all wetlands in Assam are under threat

Ganga changes course in Haridwar

Erosion may be speeding shift

Crop Burning: Punjab and Haryana’s killer fields

Punjab produces about 19-20 million tonnes of paddy straw and about 85-90 per cent of this paddy straw is burnt in the field

Now, satellite data can better manage our natural resources

A joint partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization and Google has made this possible

Wet regions may behave like drylands: Study blames heatwaves, droughts

Europe, US might see desert-like changes due to current heatwaves, authors suggest