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At reCharkha – The EcoSocial Tribe, plastic fibre made from discards is made into utilitarian and aesthetic products

Amita Deshpande’s reCharkha is giving a new spin to discarded plastic

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Using the charkha and looms, Pune-based reCharkha – The EcoSocial Tribe, upcycles plastic trash into a range of aesthetic products

Rohan Chakravarty’s new book ‘Green Humour for a Greying Planet’ conveys hard truths on conservation in comic strips

Toxic foam floating in the Yamuna in Delhi.

Microbes from human, animal excreta found above desirable limits in Yamuna

Staff Reporter Very difficult to achieve bathing quality standards: govt. report

Mid-century target for net zero emission inadequate, says India

Jacob Koshy New Delhi wants G20 nations to pledge for reductions by 2030

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A view of the polluted River Ganga. Photo used for representation purpose only.

Study finds microplastics pollution in the Ganga

Jacob Koshy They are recognised as major source of marine pollution

National Moth Week Environment

Any time is a good time to study moths

Anasuya Menon The 10th anniversary of National Moth Week hopes to inspire children and teenagers to explore the world of moths

File Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

Know and grow your mangroves: A primer for the residents of Chennai

Prince Frederick Well ahead of International Mangrove Day, a look at the richness of the intertidal patches that support these wonder plants

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sustainability Environment

Amita Deshpande’s reCharkha is giving a new spin to discarded plastic

Resident Watch Environment

A heron at home on an IT corridor

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

A Himalayan tragedy: The crisis of contemporary mountain dwellings

Down in the mud

spotlight Environment

Nithya Subramanian’s ‘Debris’ draws attention to alarming pollution facts

Brazilians revel in icy snap as country sees rare snowfall

Unusually cold weather in Brazil, the global agricultural powerhouse, has already sent international prices for coffee and sugar higher.

Voices from Maximum City: on Raghu Karnad’s latest podcast, ‘Marine Lines’

With his 10-episode podcast, Marine Lines, journalist-writer Raghu Karnad aims to build a connect with urban dwellers and the environment, and hopes to scale up to other cities

Building better cities

Anupama Mohanram on why we must revisit the sustainability of high rise developments

Microbes from human, animal excreta found above desirable limits in Yamuna

Very difficult to achieve bathing quality standards: govt. report

Mid-century target for net zero emission inadequate, says India

New Delhi wants G20 nations to pledge for reductions by 2030

The nutcracker and the pine

The chilgoza nuts wait for the chisel-beaked nutcracker to carry and bury them far and wide to be eaten later. The nuts that aren’t eaten germinate to become the next generation of chilgoza pines

Plastic sticks used in balloons, candies, ice-cream to be prohibited by Jan 1, 2022: Govt

Manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale of some of the identified single-use plastic items to be prohibited according to the draft notification issues by the Ministry

Rohan Chakravarty’s new book ‘Green Humour for a Greying Planet’ conveys hard truths on conservation in comic strips

Be it the human-animal conflict, climate change, poaching, or hunting, author Rohan Chakravarty finds a comic character that makes us chuckle yet takes a dig at the innovative ways that man has wreaked havoc on planet earth

Puducherry family coexists with over 1,000 dusky leaf-nosed bats at house

We haven’t faced any issues so far, says resident.

Study finds microplastics pollution in the Ganga

They are recognised as major source of marine pollution

Chennai artist’s handmade pop-up book features 30 critically endangered species

Chennai artist Keerthana Ramesh’s handmade pop-up book uses papercut art to show 30 critically endangered species

Watch | Delhi's water woes

A video explainer on Delhi's water shortage and how the landlocked city gets its water

Any time is a good time to study moths

The 10th anniversary of National Moth Week hopes to inspire children and teenagers to explore the world of moths

Unilever launches first in-store vending model at Mumbai mall

The consumer goods major’s ‘Smart Fill’ initiative is aimed at reducing plastic waste

Know and grow your mangroves: A primer for the residents of Chennai

Well ahead of International Mangrove Day, a look at the richness of the intertidal patches that support these wonder plants

The Indian grey hornbill may be breeding in Chennai

A pair has been sighted at Theosophical Society, fuelling speculation about the species expanding its range into the metro. Over the last seven months, sightings of the bird have been reported from Adyar, Thiruvanmiyur and ECR

On World Snake Day, meet the king cobra rescue team working in Andhra’s Eastern Ghats region

Eastern Ghats Wildlife Society has rescued 35 king cobras in North AP under its King Cobra Conservation project in collaboration with AP State Forest Department

World Snake Day

App will rush snake rescuers to the spot

2,606 snakes rescued in seven months by Forest dept. trainees

A turning point likely in snakebite treatment

Start-up’s biosensor helps identify species-specific venom

From Mizoram, limbless amphibian added to India’s fauna

Ichthyophis multicolor recorded in Mizoram seven years after the species was first recorded more than 800 km away in the Ayeyarwady region of Myanmar

What your zoo can teach you

From India’s Madras Crocodile Bank to the South African Association for Marine Biological Research, zoo educators around the world are facing interesting challenges in a pandemic world

‘William Shatner is a natural explorer,’ says Josh Gates on ‘Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek’

Did Captain Kirk meet a tiger shark? For 2021 ‘Shark Week’ on Discovery, Josh Gates and ‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner take a dive into open waters of the Bahamas to learn more about this intimidating apex predator

Green energy projects threaten the last refuges of the endangered great Indian bustard

Transmission lines are the greatest threat to the endangered great Indian bustard. In April, the Supreme Court asked wind and solar companies to take their lines underground. As companies continue to violate the order, a ground report from Rajasthan

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

The Indian courser is on uncertain ground

Essentially a ground bird with dry open land as its habitat, this bird is directly impacted by development activities. Though considered ‘widespread’, it is checking out of many of its known habitats

An algorithm that reduces energy usage in computer servers

The new algorithm addresses the problem of servers becoming overloaded as they receive more requests from clients than they have the capacity to handle.

Trees, flowers, even hedgehogs: meet all the species named after Madras

Chennai’s citizen-led initiatives are spreading word about the myriad species that borrow their names from the city and Madras Presidency

Bitcoin mining uses 56% green energy, mining council says

The percentage of sustainable energy used in global bitcoin mining is also higher than the percentage in several countries including the U.S., Germany, China and India, according to the survey.

Have you watched the yellow-wattled lapwing’s march to matrimony?

With wastelands being “reclaimed” for development and even tree-planting drives, yellow-wattled lapwings are being driven out of their known habitats. Besides disturbing the ecology of open and dry lands, it also rules out the possibility of witnessing a theatrical courtship performance

Researchers at IISER Bhopal to study atmospheric CO emissions

Innovative data model fusion technique aims to dramatically improve air quality over India

In Hyderabad, rocks that resemble an elephant and a one-eyed gentleman

A virtual photography exhibition to mark the 25th anniversary of Society to Save Rocks presents a ringside view of the rocks of Telangana and the Deccan

New plant recorded in India is invasive weed elsewhere

It is unclear how the Strobilanthes reptans struck roots in Arunachal Pradesh

The Indian Young Farmers Forum, a collective where successful farmers mentor those new to farming

The collective is dedicated to training young farmers across the country, starting with Tamil Nadu

It is time to count baya weaver nests

Once a common sight in countrysides and even semi-urban spaces, colonies of baya weaver nests are now hard to spot — a fact acknowledged by BNHS. With its breeding season under way, a tribute to the master architect and its much-studied courtship behaviour

Change, but no closure, in Plachimada

The defunct Coca-Cola building in Plachimada was recently converted by the Kerala government into a COVID-19 care facility. But it will take more than a transformation to appease the people of the village who won the battle against the multinational company but are still waiting for compensation, writes Abdul Latheef Naha

Tiger touch for India’s newest snail recorded

Apart from being a carnivore, the new ‘snail of Sahyadri’ wears the name of one of India’s top big cat conservationists.

Mumbai gets its first interactive biodiversity map

Illustrated by cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty, the educational map highlights the region’s endemic species such as Giri’s Geckoella and indigenous communities

Watch | Sea snot outbreak in Turkey's Marmara Sea

A video explaining the recent outbreak of sea snot in the Marmara Sea in Turkey, posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry

Western Ghats record a new-to-science semi slug

Sscientists are enthused by its sensitivity to the slightest of climatic fluctuation

NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts

NASA is using high-tech airborne systems along with boats and mud-slogging work on islands for a $15 million, five-year study of these adjacent areas of Louisiana

Amazon hydropower plant contributes significant greenhouse emissions: study

The team studied methane and carbon dioxide emissions during Belo Monte's first two years of operation and compared the results to levels prior to the reservoirs being filled, finding a threefold increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

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