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forest fires

  • Damage control: Why Uttarakhand saw few wildfires this year

    Damage control: Why Uttarakhand saw few wildfires this year

    Peter Smetacek
    · May 16, 2017 · 07:30 am
  • Watch: How giant sequoias, earth’s largest and longest-living trees, need fire to survive

    Watch: How giant sequoias, earth’s largest and longest-living trees, need fire to survive

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 18, 2017 · 07:15 pm
  • Wildfires in the US have become bigger, more frequent and longer

    Wildfires in the US have become bigger, more frequent and longer

    Karl Blanchet, The Conversation
    · May 24, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Biodiversity damage: Once dense forests in Kumaon now resemble cremation grounds

    Biodiversity damage: Once dense forests in Kumaon now resemble cremation grounds

    Rajkamal Goswami
    · May 11, 2016 · 09:15 am
  • Uttarakhand fires: The state's wells have run dry – of wisdom, commitment and love for the forest

    Uttarakhand fires: The state's wells have run dry – of wisdom, commitment and love for the forest

    Shekhar Pathak
    · May 09, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • In photos: A week in the line of Uttarakhand's forest fires

    In photos: A week in the line of Uttarakhand's forest fires

    Sai Prasad Mohapatra
    · May 06, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • National Green Tribunal sends notice to Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh over forest fires

    National Green Tribunal sends notice to Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh over forest fires

    Scroll Staff
    · May 03, 2016 · 05:11 pm
  • Uttarakhand forest fires: Flames brought down by more than 70%, says NDRF chief

    Uttarakhand forest fires: Flames brought down by more than 70%, says NDRF chief

    Scroll Staff
    · May 02, 2016 · 09:20 am
  • Uttarakhand forest fires: Army, Air Force help douse flames, which have left six dead

    Uttarakhand forest fires: Army, Air Force help douse flames, which have left six dead

    Scroll Staff
    · May 01, 2016 · 07:45 am
  • Drought sparks off one of the worst forest fires Uttarakhand has seen

    Drought sparks off one of the worst forest fires Uttarakhand has seen

    Nayantara Narayanan
    · Apr 29, 2016 · 08:00 pm
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