Category Feature

Climate Action, Feature

Why a Growing Global Majority Is Prioritising Climate Action Over Economic Growth

You don’t have to look far to see how priorities are changing. In many places, people are already making quiet trade-offs, supporting cleaner energy even when it costs more, backing restrictions on pollution, or choosing long-term environmental safety over short-term…

Vivek Saini
March 24, 2026

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Warmer Winters, Rising Heat: The New Climate Reality in Indian Cities

On mornings that should have felt like crisp winter, the air in many Indian cities felt unfamiliar…heavier, warmer, almost out of season. The subtle chill that once defined December and January seemed shorter-lived, less reliable. Across regions known for their…

Manjori Borkotoky
March 21, 2026

Feature, Oceans

After a Year of Delays, UN Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Returns to Survey Sri Lanka’s Changing Seas

Nearly a year after bureaucratic delays forced its mission to be cancelled, the UN-flagged research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen has finally arrived in Sri Lanka’s waters to begin a crucial marine survey. Operated by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research under…

CFC Sri Lanka
March 12, 2026

Climate Change Impact, Feature

The Disappearing Giants of the Sky: Study Finds Global Bird Communities Shrinking in Size

For generations, the rhythm of birdlife has shaped how people read the land. The sudden flash of wings at dawn, the heavy glide of a large raptor overhead, the unmistakable calls that signal the arrival of a season; these are…

Rashmitha Diwyanjalee
March 10, 2026

Climate Change, Feature

The Climate Is Heating Faster Than Before, New Analysis of Global Temperatures Shows

The warming of the planet has long been described as steady and relentless. It has been a gradual climb driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions. But when scientists recently examined global temperature records more closely, they discovered something more unsettling.…

Manjori Borkotoky
March 9, 2026

Climate Change Impact, Feature

When the Flowers Arrive Too Soon, or Too Late: Climate Change and the Unravelling of the Tropics’ Natural Timing

High above the forest floor, where sunlight filters through layers of leaves, a tree opens its flowers to the air. It is a delicate moment, the beginning of fruit, food, and new life. For generations, these events unfolded with quiet…

Vivek Saini
March 5, 2026

Environment, Feature

A Stadium on Fragile Ground: Inside the Environmental Fight Over Mandativu Island

On the windswept island of Mandativu, off Sri Lanka’s northern coast, a grand vision of cricketing glory has run into an unexpected barrier: environmental law. What was meant to rise as an international-grade stadium and sprawling sports complex on 48…

Rashmitha Diwyanjalee
March 5, 2026

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Sri Lanka’s Cashew Crisis: Climate Extremes Push Farmers to Abandon a Once-Thriving Crop

Sri Lanka’s tropical agriculture—vital for millions of rural farmers—is now buckling under erratic weather. Record heatwaves, unexpected floods, and crushing droughts have become the new normal recently. In the island’s dry-zone farming districts, once-reliable crops like cashew are suffering badly.…

Rashmitha Diwyanjalee
February 27, 2026

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Unravelling the Golden Thread: How Climate Change Is Threatening Assam’s Muga Silk Heritage

In the villages along Assam’s Brahmaputra floodplains, the silence inside Muga silkworm farms has begun to mean something different. Where farmers once expected the steady rustle of silkworms feeding on Som leaves, many now wake to trays of lifeless larvae…casualties…

Manjori Borkotoky
February 27, 2026

Climate Goals, Feature

After Scotland’s Ban, Should India Rethink Plastic Wet Wipes?

In a major environmental policy shift, the Scottish Government has announced that the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic will be banned across Scotland under new regulations aimed at cutting pollution and protecting waterways. Scotland’s decision, part of…

Aayushi Gour
February 21, 2026