Climate Conundrum
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Producing wine, chips and chocolate takes litres and litres of water. How water-wise is your diet?
The food system accounts for around 70% of global freshwater use.
Brad Ridoutt, The Conversation
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India’s seas are gasping for oxygen – causing marine life to shrink
Low oxygen levels can kill fish or reduce their growth and reproductive abilities.
Neha Jain
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A business-as-usual attitude to climate change could threaten $2.5 trillion in assets globally
The world could lose 1.8% of all its financial assets only from the direct impacts of climate change. The indirect fallouts will cost a lot more.
Nayantara Narayanan
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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May in fiction: Cool down this summer with these six just-published novels
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
A new bid to boost the amount of carbon stored in the world's soils has been launched at the Paris climate summit.
Budiman Minasny, Alex McBratney, Brendan Malone and Uta Stockmann, The Conversation
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New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map
A new bloc has emerged at the Paris climate talks – perhaps heralding the end of the old rich-poor geopolitical divide.
Matt McDonald, The Conversation
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Religious groups make unprecedented push for climate action
Leaders of several faiths have put their weight behind the Paris discussions.
Martin Palmer
Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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India may need a whopping $1 trillion by 2030 to adapt to climate change, says new report
As climate risks grow worse, the dynamic adaptation gap for India could grow to $360 billion in finance and much more in technology.
Nayantara Narayanan
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How climate change has sparked political and social unrest in Punjab this year
And what that tells us about how agriculture is faring in Punjab.
M Rajshekhar
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An Udupi village shows why sea walls do more harm than good (and are no answer to climate change)
Pressures of development are leading to rise in sea level and the resulting erosion of land on the west coast and the government is acting against the advice of environment experts.
Nayantara Narayanan
The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking