Kundan Pandey

Though July saw the monsoon deliver more rain than expected, Jharkhand's rainfall this year is still 46% below normal.

Several global conglomerates are engaging with an Indian firm to buy carbon credits generated through carbon removal projects.

Up in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, the gradual disappearance of the region's shola grasslands has changed how birds navigate the landscape, highlighting the importance of habitat connectivity in preserving endemic biodiversity.

The phrase “moving at glacial pace” is inspired by the slow, inching motion of glaciers as they flow downwards. But new research suggests glaciers in the Zanskar Himalayas in Ladakh are moving even slower than before, with implications for water availability in the region over the long term.

Cities are the source of more than of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are also home to more than half of humanity. As a focal point of human activity, cities are both major contributors to global warming and crucial actors in addressing it. Climate change impacts cities through more frequent extreme weather events, heatwaves, sea-level rise, and food and water insecurity, which worsen social and economic disparities, especially in developing countries.

A CAG audit found India's Green India Mission achieved only around 5% of its afforestation target and missed 97.57% of its restoration goal.

Despite government assurances of adequate preparations, the looming El Niño has cast an uncertain shadow over crop productivity in India. So far, there has been a rainfall deficit of 14% over the country since the beginning of the monsoon season, according to the Crop Weather Watch Group under the Department of Agriculture. The El Niño is expected to gain strength over the second half of the monsoon season (August-September), the India Meteorological Department confirmed

It has been over three months since 65-year-old livestock farmer Faujdar Singh Yadav, has been missing. Yadav's family, that lives in Doda Mafi village in Chitrakoot district of Bundelkhand, owns 14 cattle. “During the summer, there was not enough fodder at home, so he used to take the cattle into the forest to graze. In the third week of April, he went out to graze the cattle. In search of fodder, the cattle went deeper into the forest and disappeared from his sight. While searching for the cattle, he probably got lost too,” narrates Yadav's son Rama Shankar. “The cattle returned home by late evening, but my father hasn't returned to this day. An FIR was registered, but there is still no information about my father.”

‘‘In the mine lease area there is no natural water source cited … (In) the tree enumeration report, it is evident that we have hardly 2933 trees only.” An official from Vedanta (a multinational mining and metals company) said this when questioned about the potential environmental impacts of mining in the Sijimali Hills for a

Glacier retreat, expanding glacial lakes, thawing permafrost and unstable slopes are increasing the risk of disasters in the Himalayas.