Nepal’s flood claim tests whether a nascent climate fund can deliver
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon27d ago
- Nepal has approached the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage for quick relief following the August 26 floods.
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top 92%Researchers rediscover an endemic plant after 180 years
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar27d ago
- Researchers rediscovered an endemic plant species Rungia mastersii, in Assam, after 180 years. - British botanist J W Masters had discovered the plant in 1845 and it was named Rungia mastersii...
Bengaluru’s Hebbal tunnel raises concerns about groundwater and flooding
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon11 Sept 2026
- The proposed Hebbal tunnel is intended to ease one of north Bengaluru’s major traffic bottlenecks, but its long-term congestion benefits remain uncertain.
Centre tightens grip over mineral taxation, states cry foul
Mongabay Indiaby Shailesh Shrivastava11 Sept 2026
- The union government takes control over mineral-bearing land, restricting states’ power to tax it. - Mining states like Jharkhand and Odisha fear revenue loss.
Krishna AchutaRao, climate scientist who pioneered attribution research in India, dies at 62
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey10 Sept 2026
Krishna AchutaRao, the renowned climate scientist and a professor at IIT Delhi’s Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS), died on September 4, aged 62.
Your exotic pet could be putting your health at risk
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon10 Sept 2026
- Exotic pet trade creates multiple opportunities for zoonotic spillover, from capture and transport to sale, handling and public display of the animals.
Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test
Mongabay Indiaby Mongabay Editor10 Sept 2026
- The August 26 flash floods on the Nepal-China border wiped out or badly damaged 281 MW of installed capacity and 388 MW under construction in Nepal, with significant financial losses.
The cliff-climbing goat
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar9 Sept 2026
A 2026 survey counted 1,364 Nilgiri tahr in Tamil Nadu, nearly 5% more than the last year. Southern India’s only mountain ungulate, the Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), is Tamil Nadu’s state...
Red-naped ibises carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar9 Sept 2026
- A new study of red-naped ibises in Udaipur found diverse bacteria in their faeces, including multidrug-resistant strains.
Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni8 Sept 2026
- Drawing on two decades of field research and extraordinary encounters, scientist Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi’s book The Ghost of the Mountains is a fascinating look into the world of snow...
Why is disaster risk increasing in the Himalayas? [Explainer]
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey8 Sept 2026
- Glacier retreat, expanding glacial lakes, thawing permafrost and unstable slopes are increasing the risk of disasters in the Himalayas.
The tiger reserve with abundant prey but no resident tigers
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon8 Sept 2026
- Linear infrastructure cuts off tiger corridors in Telangana making it hard for tigers, particularly females, to reach Kawal Tiger Reserve, leaving the reserve without a breeding population.
Bauxite mining transforms living hills into emptiness [Commentary]
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey7 Sept 2026
- An unjust approach to bauxite mining in Sijimali, Odisha, raises fears of repeat of long-standing conflicts witnessed in Eastern India since the 1980s.
Little is known about this flycatcher that migrates across the country every year
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar7 Sept 2026
- The Kashmir flycatcher is a migratory songbird that arrives in Kashmir during late April and early May, and flies south to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka for the winter.
The grass is greener only on paper
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey4 Sept 2026
- Livestock in drought-prone Bundelkhand bears the earliest and sharpest impact of weather extremes.
Study links female legislators to faster forest-cover growth
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon4 Sept 2026
The gender of elected representatives can influence forest-cover growth, indicates a study that examines the causal impact of female elected representatives on forest conservation in India.
Reduced exposure to nature is linked to immune system diseases [Commentary]
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar3 Sept 2026
- Cases of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and asthma, have been rising in the last two decades.
El Niño brings drought declaration into sharper focus
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey3 Sept 2026
- India’s 2016 drought manual uses a multi-step, multi-indicator process to declare droughts, but inconsistent implementation, staffing gaps, and regional differences mean many drought-hit areas go...
Crop-residue burning, a major contributor to black carbon pollution: Study
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon3 Sept 2026
- A new study finds that crop-residue burning contributes substantially to black carbon levels in North India, especially during the post-monsoon season.
Kharif sowing deficit narrows, but El Niño remains a risk
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon2 Sept 2026
Given the sowing data and the possibility of persistent El Niño conditions, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), in its monthly economic review released on August 31, said particular attention...