Municipal solid waste from India contributed to 10% of waste leakage to the world’s rivers in 2020, according to a new study. In future scenarios where population growth is high, but urbanisation slow ...

Rapid urbanisation, population growth, and unplanned development have led to land use and land cover changes in Ladakh, adding stress on groundwater resources in the region, says a new study.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Fishing cats are uniquely adapted to life in wetlands, possessing a double-layered coat that serves as a water barrier and insulation, partially webbed feet, ears that plug when submerged, and a ...

An increase in the consumption of tender coconut and its products is leading to an increase in tender coconut husk in landfill sites and on road corners. Solid waste management experts say that there ...

The once-predominant reliance on traditional crops such as white corn and millets in the Tamil Nadu village of Kuralkuttai underwent a significant shift during the Green Revolution, altering the ...

Farmers, lured by quick returns in Haryana, have sold the soil from the ancestral lands to contractors for road construction. Topsoil excavation affects the land’s fertility and impacts farmers’ ...

The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 was passed in the Lok Sabha without much discussion. A Joint Parliamentary Committee report accepted all the government’s changes and didn’t suggest any ...

IIT-Madras researchers have developed components for an alkaline water electrolyser that can use seawater directly to make green hydrogen. This is proposed as an alternative to the use of freshwater ...

India has the potential to treat and reuse 80% of the wastewater generated, which can be used for non-potable purposes, thereby improving water security and sustainably increasing revenue in several ...

An international team of scientists has developed a new decision-making tool to identify high conservation-value areas (HCVAs). Using this tool, the researchers have identified HCVAs for 50 rare, ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...