Ecology

Ecology (Environment)

Boats line the banks of the Jhelum River as workers prepare to collect sand, a common practice in Kashmir despite restrictions on riverbed mining.

Rivers and Lakes

Kashmir’s Rivers Run Dry: How Mining Threatens Farmers and Ecosystems

07 Sep 2025

6 min read

(Image Source: India Water Portal)

How groundwater depletion in rural Bengaluru affects drinking water security

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

30 Aug 2025

7 min read

Women fishing in Tinsukia District, Assam, India. Wetlands support the livelihoods of many rural households in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Rethinking wetland conservation and climate resilience in India

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Flash floods in Uttarakhand

Cloudbursts, landslides, and floods: Why Uttarakhand’s fragile Himalayas are breaking under pressure

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Ziro valley's rice farming

Fish, fields, and feminism: How Apatani women sustain Ziro’s aquaculture in Arunachal Pradesh

22 Aug 2025

5 min read

The rolling hills of Shillong, also known as the ‘Scotland of the East’

Tankers in the Abode of Clouds: Shillong’s Growing Water Crisis

01 Aug 2025

8 min read

Decline in primary productivity and fish stock availability affects large waders. (Image: Manoj K, Wikimedia Commons)

Kerala’s coastal waders in crisis: What their disappearance tells us

13 Jul 2025

4 min read

Living Off The Sea: Seaweed Harvesting at India’s Southern Tip

Living Off The Sea: Seaweed Harvesting at India’s Southern Tip

Dr. Vikram Aditya

12 Jun 2025

5 min read

Women planting rice in Kuttanad Kerala

Kuttanad’s silent invader: How water hyacinth is choking a wetland and its people

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

16 May 2025

6 min read

Book launching event in the presence of Dr. Mohan Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma (KSKV) Kachchh University on 25th March, 2025 (Image: Vivek Chauhan)

Trees of Bhuj: Using big data to boost urban biodiversity and build a greener, smarter city

26 Apr 2025

5 min read

A river’s journey originates from mountain ranges, descends to the plains where it flows and meanders before meeting the sea.

Muddy waters: The role of sediments in river hydrology

11 Mar 2025

6 min read

Swamps swamped with overgrowth of hyacinth

Concerns rise over glyphosate use to combat water hyacinth invasions in wetlands

19 Feb 2025

9 min read

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