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Rescue workers searching for missing people after cloudburst at village Chashoti in Kishtwar district if Jammu and Kashmir on August 15, 2025.

Comment Articles

Human Neglect, Lopsided Policies Behind a Natural Disaster

Muhammad Arbaaz Niazii

16 Sep 2025

11 min read

How illegal Mining, Vanishing Forests, and Poor Planning Fueled J&K’s Recent Floods.

Residents gather near a damaged road along the banks of overflowing Tawi river after heavy rains induced flood in Jammu on August 27, 2025.

The Himalayan Deluge: Lessons from Ancient Wisdom, Scotland & Climate Diplomacy

Anuradha Bhasin

02 Sep 2025

5 min read

Cars sit submerged on a road in the flooded Bemina area on September 15, 2014 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The unprecedented floods in September 2014 submerged houses up to 10 to 12 of water in the business district Lal Chowk of Srinagar.

Comment Articles

The Shared Deluge: When Water Washes Away Borders, But Not Divisions

02 Sep 2025

6 min read

Rescue workers searching for missing people after cloudburst at village Chashoti in Kishtwar district if Jammu and Kashmir on August 15, 2025.

Comment Articles

History Repeats Itself First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

Farooq Ahmad Bakloo

01 Sep 2025

5 min read

Rescue workers from Army, NDRF and SDRF looking for survivors after cloudburst at village Chashoti of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, 2025.

Comment Articles

Cooperate or Collapse: Case for Joint Climate Roadmap for Kashmir-II

Naila Altaf Kayani

27 Aug 2025

5 min read

A massive cloudburst triggered a flash flood in the Chishoti area of Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday afternoon, August 14, 2025.

Comment Articles

When Himalayas Roared: Kashmir’s Summer of Floods and Fury-I

Naila Altaf Kayani

26 Aug 2025

4 min read

A massive cloudburst triggered a flash flood in the Chishoti area of Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday afternoon, August 14, 2025.

Chenab Valley Diary: Chishoti Padder’s deadly flashfloods spark concerns of Kishtwar’s vulnerability

15 Aug 2025

5 min read

Environment

Rescue operations in underway in Dharali, Uttarakhand.

Comment Articles

‘Cloudbursts’ Alone Not Responsible For The Mayhem In The Himalayan States

14 Aug 2025

6 min read

A view of the Bhal Padri grazing pasture in Bhaderwah area of Doda district in Chenab Valley region.

New Secret of the Himalayas Unraveled: Bhal Padri a Stunning Meadow in the Lap of Chenab Valley

20 Jul 2025

3 min read

Coal supplies 70% of India's energy requirements and the country is the world's second largest producer of coal.

Comment Articles

When the Coal Mines Close, Who Wins? The Land Question at the Heart of a Just Transition

12 Jul 2025

6 min read

A machine that was an engineering marvel in the forests of Doda's Dessa region during the 1950s lies under the towering trees as relic of the past.

Comment Articles

Deep in Doda’s Forests, a Rusting Machine was an Engineering Marvel

02 Jul 2025

3 min read

Environment

Makhana are the edible seeds of the Euryale ferox plant, a type of water lily that grows in stagnant ponds.

Comment Articles

Superfood Makhana: Making nut-worthy decisions to combat climate change

02 Jul 2025

5 min read

Five children, who were given cameras for recording images of wildlife in West Bengal, with Ashwika Kapur, director of the film, "Catapults to Cameras".

Performing Arts

Catapults to Cameras: A Simplistic Lens on Complex Conservation Challenges in India

27 Jun 2025

6 min read

Rotten apples become toxic after decaying and mixing with canal water of of Ranbi Ara at Lassipora Industrial Estate, Pulwama in Kashmir.

Lassipora Industrial Growth Centre in Pulwama Lacks Solid Waste Management, Posing Threat to Ecosystem and Human Health

25 Jun 2025

5 min read

This photo shared by Uttarakhand Police on the X platform shows rescuers working at the site of a helicopter crash near Kedarnath, in Uttarakhand, India, Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Uttarakhand’s cry for help. Is it falling on deaf ears?

17 Jun 2025

4 min read

Environment

Map of Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan.

Comment Articles

Water, War, and Peace: The Indus Treaty Crisis and the Quest for Sustainable Solutions in South Asia

12 Jun 2025

5 min read

A view of the damaged apples of different varieties on the ground of an orchard in Shopian, Kashmir, due to hailstorm on June 01, 2025.

As Hail Destroys Orchards in Shopian, Apple Growers Worry About Climate Change

09 Jun 2025

6 min read

Glaciers and glacial lakes are wetlands which are threatened due to global warming.

Comment Articles

Melting Glaciers & IWT Flashpoint: Reconciliation Only Way Forward

03 Jun 2025

3 min read

A glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. Glaciers are disappearing due to global warming.

Comment Articles

A Requiem For Glaciers And The Silent Crisis Threatening World’s Water Security

31 May 2025

6 min read

Environment

Gahirmatha and Rushikulya in Odisha, India, serve as major mass nesting or arribada rookeries outside Central America.

Comment Articles

Climate Change Causing Skewed Sex Ratio of the Olive Ridley Turtle, Warns a Long-Term Monitoring Study in India

16 May 2025

6 min read

Map: Drains and STPs of Delhi.

Comment Articles

Rs 6,857 crore spent to clean 22-km stretch in four years, but Yamuna still a ‘dead’ river in Delhi

11 May 2025

5 min read

Deepmala Devi and nine more rural women from Bokaro and Dhanbad in Jharkhand have been monitoring air quality in 10 Panchayats.

Comment Articles

In a First, Community Women Monitor Air Quality in Rural Jharkhand; Identify Pollution Hotspots

09 May 2025

5 min read

A view of the daylong workshop on climate change, mental health and eco anxiety among kids in New Delhi.

Comment Articles

Climate Conversations: Addressing Eco-Anxiety in Children

28 Apr 2025

5 min read

Environment

Focused on the task, a farmer directs a steady mist towards the heart of the orchard canopy.

Vanishing Earthworms & Dragonflies, Rising Pesticides: A Threat to Survival

20 Apr 2025

6 min read

A representative image of lithium minerals in Jammu and Kashmir.

‘We Will Fight For Our Land’: Lithium Mining Tenders in Salal Spark Displacement Crisis

16 Apr 2025

7 min read

Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains.

Comment Articles

Urbanisation and expansion of agriculture linked to increased lightning in north and northeast India

15 Apr 2025

4 min read

The office of Malaysia’s Energy Commission, also known as the Diamond Building, is a showcase of technologies that reduce building energy consumption and potable water usage, promote the use of sustainable building material and provide enhanced indoor environmental quality.

Comment Articles

Making old buildings energy-efficient can help achieve net-zero goals

25 Mar 2025

5 min read

Environment

Lighter-coloured roads, ground and tree cover can have a big impact on the amount of radiant heat released from surfaces, as this thermal image of a Darwin streetscape shows.

Comment Articles

Lessons for the world in how Darwin keeps it cool

25 Mar 2025

6 min read

The NSW Northern Rivers region was spared the devastation of previous floods, but the impacts of Cyclone Alfred will still have taken a toll on the mental health of some residents.

Disaster scars mount, even after the clean-up

24 Mar 2025

4 min read

Compounding climate risks are driving higher insurance premiums for all Australians — not just those in disaster zones.

Comment Articles

Risky business: Bridging the insurance gap

24 Mar 2025

5 min read

An Indian Meteorological Department employee in New Delhi monitors Cyclone Vayu before its landfall in the western Indian state of Gujarat in June 2019.

Comment Articles

Data drought: The challenge of AI weather forecasting in India

22 Mar 2025

6 min read

Environment

South Asian militaries must understand their role in dealing with climate change.

Comment Articles

Why South Asian militaries need to reduce their carbon footprint

13 Mar 2025

4 min read

Adopting a multidimensional approach to defining urban areas has several far-reaching implications for policy, planning and governance.

Comment Articles

India needs to redefine “urban”

13 Mar 2025

5 min read

Nuclear power can’t be delivered in time to replace Australia’s existing coal-fired power stations.

Comment Articles

The end of coal and the fake nuclear energy campaign

13 Mar 2025

4 min read

India’s rapid urbanisation is driving the demand for construction, making sustainable building materials essential for reducing carbon emissions. Indian School of Business building above is a green building.

Comment Articles

How India’s progress towards green buildings can be hastened

03 Mar 2025

4 min read

Environment

Cars sit submerged on a road in the flooded Bemina area on September 15, 2014 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The unprecedented floods in September 2014 submerged houses up to 10 to 12 of water in the business district Lal Chowk of Srinagar.

Comment Articles

Flash Floods in J&K After a Long Dry-Spell Unravels a Larger Malaise

02 Mar 2025

4 min read

Whether Australia is able to achieve net zero by 2050 will depend on our political choices and the decisions Australian governments make over the next few years.

Comment Articles

Garnaut: The renewables boom within our reach

28 Feb 2025

7 min read

Erhai Lake, Dali, China in July 2023.

Comment Articles

Making Erhai Lake bloom again: A story of China’s ecological transformation

27 Feb 2025

5 min read

Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet. This is the river that, after a confluence with other major tributaries, becomes the Brahmaputra in India.

Comment Articles

World’s largest dam or Chinese trial balloon?

25 Feb 2025

5 min read

Environment

Front and back covers of the book, "Speaking with Nature" by Ramchandra Guha

Seeds of Consciousness: India’s Lesser Known Environmental Pioneers

24 Feb 2025

4 min read

Chinar trees during autumn in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir.

Kashmir’s Chinars: Can Geo-Tagging Save the Dying Heritage?

04 Feb 2025

5 min read

Snowless Nanda Devi peak in Himalayan Belt.

Comment Articles

India faces dry winter, north India reports 80% deficient rainfall in January; Rabi crops to be adversely affected

01 Feb 2025

4 min read

Storks, ibises and cormorants feeding and resting in wetlands, add lots of nutrients through their dropping that are important for agriculture. Gujarat, India.

Comment Articles

Protecting Wetlands For Our Common Future in a Changing Climate

31 Jan 2025

6 min read

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