AboutArticles by Meena Janardhan

Biodiversity loss a global phenomenon

02 Nov 2021

A study published in Ecology Letters finds that human disturbance affects the disease dynamics of a place through its effect on the prevalence of host and parasite species in the...

Indian company wins inaugural Earthshot prize

26 Oct 2021

Meena Janardhan Projects from India, Costa Rica, Italy, and the Bahamas picked up the inaugural Earthshot prizes at a ceremony in London last week. Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince...

Indian cyclones impact dynamics of carbon dioxide

19 Oct 2021

A study by researchers at the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia in the United States has said that tropical storms, in the last 21 years, have had...

Indian GDP to shrink if temperature rises

12 Oct 2021

A new study has found that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) could shrink by three per cent a year if climate change leads to rise in temperature by one degree...

India says adaptation key at pre-COP meet

05 Oct 2021

Indian Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has said at a pre-COP 26 meeting in Milan, Italy, that India will engage constructively at COP 26 and evaluate bridging proposals to conclude the...

Two more beaches in India get blue flag status

28 Sep 2021

Two more beaches in India have been accorded the coveted international eco-label ‘Blue Flag’ — Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden in Puducherry — taking the total number of such...

India stays in pursuit of achieving net-zero target

21 Sep 2021

A study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) states that to achieve the net-zero target by 2050 through large-scale adoption of renewable energy projects, India needs...

India ramps up climate change dialogue efforts

14 Sep 2021

Indian efforts at climate change dialogue are on the rise. The Indian government is pursuing a series of dialogue initiatives with various countries ahead of the upcoming 26th session of...

IPCC report paints grim picture for India

07 Sep 2021

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released last month has warned that increasing air pollution has reduced the intensity as well as frequency...

Tidal power in India yet to be harnessed

31 Aug 2021

India is estimated to have a potential of about 54 gigawatts (GW) of ocean energy including about 12.4 GW of tidal power. However, even after four decades of starting efforts...

Meena Janardhan

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

author