As Sardar Sarovar Dam inches to full capacity, 178 Madhya Pradesh villages prepare to be submerged

The Narmada Bachao Andolan organised a hunger strike to protest against the submergence of the villages without proper rehabilitation.

Meena Menon

· Sep 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Climate change may have made sea turtle populations in the Great Barrier Reef turn female

The gender of sea turtles is determined by the environment of the nest while the embryos are incubating, and by nest temperature in particular.

Sue Palminteri

· Feb 01, 2018 · 09:30 pm

I explored the Antarctic deep seas for a BBC series – and it was like going back 350 million years

Few fish can survive in these freezing waters, so invertebrates are the dominant predators.

Jon Copley, The Conversation

· Nov 07, 2017 · 11:30 pm

It's a bird, and a plane, and a football: The bizarre water tanks of Punjab

The crowns atop Punjab's homes don't come cheap.

Rhema Mukti Baxter

· Oct 11, 2016 · 07:30 am

Swiss researchers planning to tap glacial water in dams could look to the Himalayas for inspiration

Experts feel that dams cannot replace natural water systems. Communities in the Himalayas have been creating artificial glaciers to tackle water shortage.

Beth Walker

· Jun 19, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Why we should be talking about water-intensive bathware

Luxury shower-heads spray more water in 10 minutes than a person should ideally use in a day. Should we be worried?

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jun 09, 2016 · 11:30 am

In pictures: Chennai struggles as heavy rains pour down for fifth day

Stuck at home, residents took to social media to post pictures of their waterlogged surroundings.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 13, 2015 · 11:45 am

Meet the ghost sharks and deep-sea demons that will haunt your dreams

Click if you dare...

Christopher Bird, The Conversation

· Nov 01, 2015 · 10:30 pm

Crops destroyed, lives lost, houses drowned: Who cares about the Assam floods?

While the rest of India has been looking away, Assam has been struggling. But their apathy pales before the indifference of the Assamese government.

Abdul Kalam Azad

· Jun 24, 2015 · 09:05 am

Arunachal's unfinished Lower Subansiri dam could be tomb for India's giant hydropower projects

Lower Subansiri River construction site was shut in 2011 and never restarted.

Keith Schneider

· Jun 12, 2015 · 12:30 pm