Assam’s recurrent floods are creating a growing economic burden, from ₹200 crore in estimated annual losses to 4.27 lakh hectares of land lost to erosion since...
India’s heritage sites are facing growing environmental risks as air pollution, rising temperatures, changing rainfall and coastal exposure accelerate the deterioration of historic structures. From pollution-linked...
Cancer treatment has benefited from plant-derived compounds, including medicines used against leukaemia, lymphoma, breast and ovarian cancers. But deforestation could destroy plants that may contain compounds...
El Niño was expected to suppress India’s 2026 monsoon, but July brought intense and uneven rainfall. While some regions remained deficient, extreme rain triggered floods and...
The Centre has reissued the Western Ghats ESA draft for the seventh time, with the proposed 56,825.7 sq. km area unchanged. The move highlights the long-running...
Assam's flood situation has worsened, with 75 deaths and more than 3.3 lakh people affected across seven districts. Heavy rainfall in Nagaland triggered a rapid rise...
The southwest monsoon is set to intensify across India as a Bay of Bengal depression strengthens, prompting heavy rain alerts for more than 10 states. With...
Human-caused climate change—not El Niño—is driving global coral bleaching, according to a new Oceanography study that warns reefs face escalating risks.
Researchers in South India are developing a personalised heat health risk tool that could improve heat warnings by linking environmental conditions with individual health risks.
Days of intense monsoon rain triggered flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri districts, killing at least 14 people and damaging homes,...
