Fun fact: India plans to build more than 200 large hydropower projects in the next two decades—so many that you could fit a new dam every week and still have spares. This startling reality lies at the heart of “India’s $77B Hydro Plan: Dams as Climate Solution or Ecological Time Bomb?” The government’s ambitious ₹6.4 …
Fun fact: the roar of a tiger and the hum of a solar inverter will soon share the same soundtrack. Welcome to “India’s First Fully Solar-Powered Zoo”, where the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) in Bengaluru is preparing to run entirely on solar power. It’s not just a zoo upgrade — it’s a statement that wildlife …
Did you know that the amount of sunshine reaching the ground in India has been slipping by hours every year? That’s right — “Sunlight Fading in India: Pollution Is Stealing Our Days” isn’t a dramatic headline; it’s a scientific reality. As aerosols (tiny particles in the air), particulates, and thicker cloud cover work together, we’re …
Fun fact: In just three years, a barren dumping ground in Mumbai’s Uttan region has transformed into a dense green forest of over 8,600 trees — all grown using a method that promises to make nature heal at lightning speed. There’s something poetic about a forest rising from a garbage heap. Mumbai’s Green Revolution: How …
Fun fact: in the past 30 years, trees in the Amazon rainforest have increased their average basal area (cross-section at chest height) by about 3.3 % per decade. That’s right—Amazon Rainforest Trees Getting Bigger: What a New Study Says is not just a catchy headline, it’s a reality born from decades of scientific observation. It …
Fun fact: The Himalayas are still rising by about 5 millimetres every year — meaning that Mount Everest, already the tallest peak in the world, is still getting taller. So, do mountains grow? The answer is both yes and no — and it’s a story as old as the Earth itself. We tend to think …
Fun fact: Long before humans invented the plough or learned to domesticate wheat and rice, ants were already farming. Yes, you read that right. These tiny insects — often dismissed as picnic raiders or household pests — have been quietly running farms for millions of years. And that’s the question we’ll explore today: How do …
Fun fact: some fast-growing plantation monocultures can actually store less carbon than the natural forests they replace — and they often kill off biodiversity in the process. Welcome to “The Green Cover Scam” — a scandal hidden behind shiny tree-planting campaigns. On the surface, it feels noble: more green cover, cleaner air, climate rescue. But …
Fun fact: Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities steward lands that hold up to eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. That stark number underlines why Forest Guardians vs. Bulldozers is not a metaphor but a real struggle of land, rights, and identity. When bulldozers roar through a forest, the very people who have defended those ecosystems …
Fun fact: In many cities, adults in poorer neighbourhoods breathe twice the particulate pollution of people in richer areas. In “Ecological Apartheid”, I explore a haunting pattern: poor and marginalized communities forced to live beside dumps, factories, and polluted rivers, while the wealthy retreat to clean, green enclaves. This is not an accident—it is structural. …
