Category Environment

Environment, Feature

Amazon on Fire Again: How Degradation, Not Deforestation, Is Driving a Carbon Crisis

Tropical forests have long been regarded as Earth’s natural guardians, absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide and helping to regulate the planet’s climate balance. Their dense vegetation and rich soils help store billions of tonnes of carbon, playing a crucial…

Vivek Saini
October 14, 2025
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Emissions, News

Asia’s Carbon Capture Gamble Could Add 25 Billion Tonnes of Emissions, Warns Report

Across Asia, governments and industries are increasingly turning to carbon capture technology as a potential lifeline for reducing emissions. Still, experts warn that this growing dependence may ultimately do more harm than good. A new analysis by Climate Analytics has…

Vivek Saini
October 8, 2025
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Environment, News

National Forest Accounting Report Reveals Gains and Gaps in India’s Green Cover

India has released its first official report on national forest accounting, providing a detailed assessment of its green cover over the past decade. The findings reveal that while the overall forest area has seen only a modest rise of 2.5%…

Vivek Saini
September 27, 2025

Environment, News

Human Activities Have Fragmented 80% of Tropical Forests in Just Two Decades

Nearly four-fifths of the world’s tropical forests have become fragmented over the last 20 years due to human activity, according to a new study. Researchers found that continuous stretches of dense green cover have been broken into smaller, disconnected patches,…

Vivek Saini
September 25, 2025

Emissions, Feature

The Solar Slowdown: Emissions Put India’s Clean Energy Plans at Risk

India has made solar energy the backbone of its renewable push, with more than 123 gigawatts of installed capacity already feeding into the grid and vast new projects planned to meet the target of 500 GW of renewables by 2030.…

Vivek Saini
September 23, 2025

Environment, Feature

Climate Pressure Points Inside Sinharaja: What Warming Is Doing to Sri Lanka’s Last Great Rainforest

Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja is the island’s last viable remnant of tropical lowland rainforest—a UNESCO Heritage site famed for its unique biodiversity. It harbors an extraordinary array of endemics (about 139 endemic plants) and nearly all of Sri Lanka’s endemic birds…

Environment, News

India’s Reservoirs Are Silting Up, and Millions Could Pay the Price by 2050

India’s network of large dams and reservoirs, once considered a backbone for water security, power generation and flood control, is slowly losing its strength. A new study by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal has revealed…

Vivek Saini
September 13, 2025
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Emissions, News

Study Links 25% of Global Heatwaves to Fossil Fuel Emissions

A study published in Nature has directly tied the world’s biggest fossil fuel and cement producers to the deadly heatwaves now gripping South Asia. For the first time, researchers have quantified how emissions from 180 “carbon majors” — ranging from…

Manjori Borkotoky
September 11, 2025
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Environment, News

Cutting Carbon in Combat: How Sustainable Fuels Can Transform Military Aircraft

In an age of mounting environmental crises, the military sector often overlooked in climate strategies plays a surprisingly large role in aviation emissions. Fighter jets and transport aircraft, vital for national security, still rely heavily on fossil fuels. Yet, innovations…

Aayushi Gour
September 10, 2025
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Environment, Feature

Beyond the Smoke: How Crop Residue Burning is Silently Unravelling Ecosystems

Every year, as the post-harvest season arrives in northern India, thick clouds of smoke rise from agricultural fields, darkening skies across states like Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The sight is familiar and often discussed in the context of worsening…

Vivek Saini
September 3, 2025
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