A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century’s end, setting off alarm bells among financial institutions worldwide. But a re-analysis by Stanford University researchers in California, released Wednesday (August 6, 2025), challenges that conclusion — finding […]
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A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century’s end, setting off alarm bells among financial institutions worldwide. But a re-analysis by Stanford University researchers in California, released Wednesday (August 6, 2025), challenges that conclusion — finding […]
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Sam Barratt is the Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi. He oversees UNEP’s work on formal and non-formal education as well as the advocacy programme of the ecosystems division. He works with higher educational institutions to support decarbonisation, nudge student behaviour and increase their commitments to nature. He […]
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More than a million people in Italy live in areas at high or very high risk of landslides and climate change is likely to lead to more of them, a public research body said on Wednesday, announcing a new AI assistant to help them assess the risk. Climate change is increasing the frequency of stronger […]
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Just over three months after US-based aerospace start-up Muon Space launched its FireSat Protoflight satellite, the end-to-end space systems provider has shared the first images taken by the spacecraft. This spacecraft, launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission in March, was a collaboration between Muon, and Earth Fire Alliance, a non-profit organisation aiming to gather real-time data […]
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From documentary filmmaker Vignesh’s series on Ennore | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Wherever he went with his camera, documentary filmmaker Vignesh A found that his lens sought out stories of women. This was not a conscious thing, rather, the result of the circumstances of the people he was documenting. The 30-year-old, who is part of Poovulagin Nanbargal, […]
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The artist poses with his works | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Environmental decay and degradation find expression in the Fragments of Earth and Life art exhibition at DakshinaChitra displaying Murali Sivaramakrishnan’s body of work. Each artwork is a subtle expression of the space that exists between earth and life. Murali emphasises that the degradation of […]
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Women work without shielding their eyes against the blazing whites of Thoothukudi’s salt pans The two-month long Bhin Bhini: Changing Climate, Uncertain Livelihoods exhibit at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery looks beyond the frames of its pictures and art installations. Bhin Bhini meaning numerous is a name given to aggressive hybrid pests that ravage crops. The visual […]
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Sasthanada Myristica swamp, also a sacred grove, in Kollam | Photo Credit: Special arrangement ““Look at the irony of it. A waterlogged ecosystem is sinking.” Naturalist E. Unnikrishnan is talking about the Myristica swamps of Kerala. These swamps are found in the Sacred Groves or evergreen forest patches and are included in the littoral and […]
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Mridula Pai and Karuna Ezara Parikh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “We want to give shoppers a first-hand experience of second-hand shopping,” says Mridula Pai, who is organising Bangalore Closet Cleanse, a thrift market that will be held at Lahe Lahe in Indiranagar on June 4. Pai, the founder of the Kolkata-based Love Me Twice […]
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