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Nature-based solutions for resilient cities

20 Aug 2024

At the recent inaugural summit of the India Forum for Nature-based Solutions (NbS), over 100 public and private actors came together to build synergies and foster dialogue, across the ecosystem,...

Tree transplantation and environmental conservation

13 Aug 2024

Tree transplantation has gained traction in India to preserve green cover, in the face of urbanisation and infrastructure projects. But while it offers a compromise between development and conservation, the...

Ecologically sensitive areas proposed in India

06 Aug 2024

India is still grappling with the devastation left behind by the massive landslides that wrought havoc in Wayanad in the state of Kerala. The Indian government has issued a draft...

Low emission zones could tackle urban pollution woes

30 Jul 2024

Grappling with severe air pollution issues, New Delhi has environmental charges in place for heavy vehicles entering the city. There are also tourist-focused Low Emissions Zones (LEZs) around major monuments...

India struggling with floods after heatwave

23 Jul 2024

After struggling under severe heatwaves, many parts of India are now grappling with severe flooding according to reports by The Weather Channel, India (WCI). Earlier in June, as per the...

India turns to AI in weather forecasts

16 Jul 2024

India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, according to a Reuters report....

India’s future rainfall impact may be underestimated by climate models

09 Jul 2024

A new analysis has found that the most advanced set of climate models used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports could be underestimating the impacts of...

Fauna of India checklist launched

02 Jul 2024

Celebrating the 109th Foundation Day of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata, India, recently, Indian Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the “Fauna of India Checklist Portal”. On...

Urban growth leading to warmer cities

17 Jun 2024

A recent study published in the journal Nature as a brief communication, as highlighted by a Mongabay-India report, finds that cities in India are experiencing warming at nearly twice the...

Furthering landslide predictions through algorithms

11 Jun 2024

Indian researchers have created an algorithm that provides an 80-94% accuracy in identifying landslide movement, as reported by Mongabay-Inda (MI). Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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