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Changing climate can change disease outbreak trends

Extreme weather can reshape the ecology of diseases, according to a latest Mongabay-India (MI) analysis. Heatwaves, droughts, erratic rainfall and flash floods, in combination or alone, can affect how...

Hindu Kush Himalayas faces heightened microplastic risks

07 Oct 2026

A recent meta-analysis published in ScienceDirect synthesizes emerging evidence of microplastic (MP) pollution across high-altitude environments focusing on the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Encompassing approximately 4.2 million km²,...

Let the sun shine on the roadmap to peace

30 Sep 2026

Discussions at the Energy Summit 2026 organised on 24 and 25 September 2026 in Faridabad, India, revolved around the theme ‘Solar for Peace and Sustainability: Powering the Future.’ It...

Assessing future environment and climate dynamics

22 Sep 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that developing countries are “unjustly blamed” for carbon emissions, despite India’s per-capita emissions being “less than half of the global average” and...

Renewables 2.0: challenges ahead

15 Sep 2026

At the recent ET Energy Leadership Summit 2026 held in New Delhi, India, experts said that said the next phase of renewable growth will be defined by dispatchability rather...

Watershed management a crucial solution

02 Sep 2026

At a recent Water Conclave in New Delhi, India, experts emphasised that watershed development remains one of the most effective and scalable solutions as India’s water security challenge is...

BRICS to address environmental concerns

26 Aug 2026

India hosted the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi recently and called for stronger, people-centric and implementation-orientated environmental action. The discussions were held under the overarching theme...

Heatwaves, lightning recognised natural disasters in India

19 Aug 2026

Indian Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, told the Parliament earlier this month that heatwaves and lightning have officially been recognised as natural...

Rooftop solar installations soar in India

12 Aug 2026

Indian Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that India’s flagship residential solar programme has crossed a major milestone, with the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli...

Climate, land-use change to worsen landslide risk

05 Aug 2026

The Kalladi landslide in Wayanad on July 7, 2026, in the state of Kerala, India, brought back the nightmares of the 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala catastrophe, which claimed 298 lives. The...

Meena Janardhan

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

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