India’s polluted air is wiping clean Swacch Bharat benefits – and stunting children’s growth

While rural children might expect to arrest stunting due to better sanitation, this benefit might not be realised if they remain exposed to high air pollution.

Sahana Ghosh

· Aug 11, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Tectonic upheavals under Earth’s surface could be a cause of arsenic contamination in groundwater

Why does arsenic occur in groundwater at some places but not others?

Sahana Ghosh

· Jul 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Not smart cities, India needs climate-smart cities to protect its urban poor from heat waves

Even at night, people living in densely-built, low-income urban neighbourhoods get no respite.

Sahana Ghosh

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Mayank Aggarwal

· Jun 20, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Horseshoe crab: The living fossil that survived for 450 million years is facing a threat in India

Conservationists are working to declare the crabs’ breeding grounds protected zones and spread awareness among local populations.

Sahana Ghosh

· Jun 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In Odisha, Cyclone Fani survivors struggle with stress disorders, depression

The state has started building teams to identify symptoms of mental trauma and to provide counselling.

Sahana Ghosh

· Jun 08, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Nitrous oxide emission from agriculture has risen sharply over 30 years, finds study

The increase is linked to fertiliser pricing policy and disproportionate use of nitrogen-based fertilisers, say experts.

Sahana Ghosh

· May 25, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Ten years after Cyclone Aila hit Bay of Bengal, farmers in Sunderbans are still feeling the pain

The increased salinity in the soil has forced farmers to change what they grow.

Sahana Ghosh

· May 04, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Crowdsourcing knowledge: Indian farmers become citizen scientists to adapt to climate change

The involvement of farmers in scientific studies can improve crop variety recommendations, researchers say.

Sahana Ghosh

· Apr 28, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Poop, photos and genes indicate that endangered Kashmir musk deer is also present in Nepal: Study

The study concluded that contrary to belief, the alpine musk deer does not exist in the Himalayas of Nepal or in northwest India and Pakistan.

Sahana Ghosh

· Apr 20, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Thermal and chemical pollution haven’t damaged coastal ecology near Kalpakkam – so far

But things may change for the worse with the addition of more nuclear power generating units to the Kalpakkam nuclear facility.

Sahana Ghosh

· Apr 16, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Meet the Odisha women’s group that has been guarding their forest from timber smugglers for 20 years

They voluntarily came together to form Pir Jahania Van Surakhya Samiti after seeing the devastation caused by the 1999 supercyclone.

Sahana Ghosh

· Mar 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm

How microbes thriving beneath the nutrient-starved Deccan Traps could help cope with climate change

Researchers believe the organisms can lock in carbon dioxide, one of the main drivers of climate change.

Sahana Ghosh

· Mar 22, 2019 · 11:30 pm