India has drafted an Arctic policy with the aim of understanding climate change and monsoon patterns

The frigid Arctic, which keeps losing ice due to global warming, is one of the batteries feeding the variations in Indian monsoons, over 7,000 kilometres away.

Sahana Ghosh

 & 

Mayank Aggarwal

· Yesterday · 09:30 pm

In India, the protocol to deal with feral and stray dogs in tiger reserves lacks teeth

In protected areas, dogs are a threat to both ungulates, which they hunt, and carnivores since they carry infectious diseases like rabies and parvovirus.

Sahana Ghosh

 & 

Mayank Aggarwal

· Jan 11, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Ghost fishing gear is threatening the acquatic life in Ganga

Threatened freshwater turtles, otters and the endangered Ganges river dolphin are most at risk.

Sahana Ghosh

· Dec 23, 2020 · 07:30 pm

An electric fence on the Nepal border is exacerbating human-elephant conflicts in India

The barrier has abruptly cut off tuskers’ transboundary movement.

Avijan Saha

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Sahana Ghosh

· Nov 14, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Climate change and reduced freshwater supply have put Sundarbans on the ‘endangered’ ecosystem list

There are, however, reasons for optimism.

Sahana Ghosh

· Sep 23, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The chaotic urbanisation in India is claiming another casualty: migrant butterflies

Females are under extra stress because splintered habitats have increased their flight burdens, say researchers.

Sahana Ghosh

· Sep 13, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Holes bored in the Western Ghats offer clues to climate change in the past

According to a study, the Western Ghats has experienced an increase in temperature of about 0.8 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years.

Sahana Ghosh

· Aug 08, 2020 · 09:30 pm

As forests disappear in India, leopards have learnt to live and prey among human habitats

Researchers are tracking leopard attacks on livestock to map sites of man-animal conflict.

Sahana Ghosh

· Aug 04, 2020 · 01:30 pm

While everyone was in lockdown, India cleared infrastructure projects in protected areas

Assam’s Dehing Patkai and Goa’s Bhagwan Mahavir and Mollem National Park are among the reserves under threat.

Mayank Aggarwal

 & 

Sahana Ghosh

· Jun 15, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Lessons from cyclones Amphan and Nisarga for India’s disaster management plan

Experts suggest that building climate resilience in coastal cities should be prioritised.

Sahana Ghosh

· Jun 05, 2020 · 09:30 pm

In uncertain times, nanotechnology may help Indian farmers boost crop growth

A team of scientists at IIT-Kanpur have engineered nanoparticles rich in iron and sulfur.

Sahana Ghosh

· May 22, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Covid-19: 28 Indian scientists returning from an Antarctica expedition are stuck in Cape Town

As a result, the country’s expedition to the Arctic this year is cancelled.

Sahana Ghosh

· May 04, 2020 · 01:30 pm