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Two recent fatal tiger attacks in Gudalur highlight the broken landscape of the Nilgiris

India, Sept. 6 -- Two fatal tiger attacks in the O' Valley near Gudalur have exposed the difficult intersection of wildlife corridors, plantations and densely populated settlements in Tamil Nadu's Nil... Read More


Conflict and climate disasters fuelled 6.2 million displacements across Eastern Africa in 2025: Report

India, Sept. 6 -- Eastern Africa recorded 6,227,072 internal displacements across nine countries in 2025, with conflict accounting for the majority while climate-related disasters, particularly floods... Read More


Why a new study on Everest's human footprint feels personal to me

India, Sept. 6 -- On a partly sunlit day in May 2024, when I eventually reached the Khumbu Glacier after six days of trekking, I was struck by the number of people staying there. The trek was part of ... Read More


Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

India, Sept. 6 -- Five months since the start of the Iran war, countries around the Persian Gulf are still coping with the direct effects of an ongoing conflict, as are economies around the world. Gl... Read More


Gerardus Mercator's map is effectively consigned to history as UN votes to stop making Africa 'look cartographically small'

India, Sept. 5 -- Member states of the United Nations on September 4 endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size of continents, a statement by the global... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system triggers heavy rain across Central and Northern India

India, Sept. 5 -- Low-pressure system over Madhya Pradesh brings heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds across several central and northern Indian states today. Rajasthan and western Madhya Prade... Read More


'Major loss to Indian climate science': Scientific community, civil society mourn demise of Krishna AchutaRao

India, Sept. 5 -- Climate change experts and activists in the country have called the passing of Krishna AchutaRao, a Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS), Indian Institute of Techno... Read More


Two years, two floods: A vulnerable Himalayan corridor faces growing risk

India, Sept. 5 -- The devastating flood that struck Nepal's Lhende-Bhotekoshi corridor in Rasuwa District on August 26,, 2026, was not simply another flood in the Himalayan region. Rather, it was a ch... Read More


Who will grow India's food in the future?

India, Sept. 5 -- India's food security faces a hidden risk: an ageing farming workforce in a young country. With average farmers aged 50-55 and only a tiny share of rural youth aspiring to farm, int... Read More


The geography of forgetting: Can Guwahati survive its own growth?

India, Sept. 5 -- The piece reflects on how Guwahati's rapid urban growth is erasing its hills, wetlands and beels that once absorbed monsoon rains. As glass towers and housing blocks rise, natural d... Read More