Climate Change
22 Results
The Fragile Gori Basin
Uttarakhand is at the cusp of a manmade crisis, amplified by climate change. Landslides in the region have escalated by 2900 per cent, and more than three million people have left their homes in the last 2 decades. In this short film, we take you to Uttarakhand's Gori Basin, one of the state's most ecologically rich but fragile regions, to introduce you to its diverse natural world, and the threats it faces.
Video
April Showers Bring May Flowers in Munsiyari
After a ravaging ‘fire season’ from February to May, Uttarakhand's mountains anxiously wait for the spring showers. Finally, in April, spring arrives. Rains nourish the landscape — flowers bloom, fruits ripen, and wild creatures get busy to make the most of this short, but abundant season.
Video
Mountain Blooms: Rhododendrons in the Mist
Every spring, the Eastern Himalayas burst into carpets of vibrant blooming rhododendrons, inviting birds and bees for a nectar feast. Unfortunately, these flowers are extremely sensitive to unpredictable weather. Will they survive our changing climate?
Video
Wild Herbivores Keep Tabs on Their Carbon Footprint
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment and conservation
Green Humour
Climate Change Adding to the Spread of Invasive Species
Invasive plants such as Lantana camara and Chromolaena odorata are emerging as a serious threat, especially to natural and agricultural landscapes
Conservation
Global Warming: What We Can Do
Some steps we can take at the individual and collective level to stop global warming
Explainer
Climate Change: Causes and Effects
All you need to know about climate change and its impacts
Explainer
Development Plans Threaten Ecology of Lakshadweep
Proposed large-scale beachside tourism and infrastructure development may aggravate climate change-related disasters
News
Alien Fish Proliferate as Extreme Climate Events Rise
According to a study, floods trigger escape of exotic and invasive species that harm local ecosystems
Conservation
Sundarbans: Nature’s Wall of Defence
The mangrove forest of the Sundarbans is an invaluable ecosystem — it shelters diverse creatures, provides livelihood to millions, and protects an entire civilisation from the deadliest cyclones. Watch the film in English and Bengali
Video
The Ladakh Urial’s Life at the Edge
The urial has roamed the high mountains of Asia since the Ice Age, but recent climate changes, new developments, competition with livestock, and other shifts are testing its survival skills. Will this monarch of the mountains survive the challenges we throw at it?
Video
Life of Corals: Witnessing an Ecosystem in Collapse
As oceans warm up the symbiotic relationship between corals and microscopic algae breaks down. Corals get bleached, making them susceptible to disease and eventually leading to the death of reef ecosystems
Conservation
Guardians of the Sundari: Reviving the Mangroves in the Sundarbans
A group of women lead the way in efforts to bring the endangered Sundari tree back from the brink in their villages
Conservation
Tamil Nadu’s Seaweed Harvesters in Rough Seas
An unusual activity of the fisherwomen of Bharathinagar in Tamil Nadu keeps them more in the water than on boats. But climate change and overexploitation of marine resources are eroding their livelihoods
News
Recommended Reads for Those in Love with our Planet
A roundup of books that span climate science and conservation, ecological concerns and vanishing biodiversity, as well as environment fiction
Book
Life Under Monsoon Clouds
Witness how the rains transform the pristine forests of Agumbe, which are increasingly facing the pressures of human encroachment
Video
Sundarbans: ‘Not a blade of grass grew…’
People in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, for long living on the edge, are now facing climate change – recurring cyclones, erratic rain, growing salinity, rising heat, depleting mangroves and more
News
Will Agumbe Remain One of Wettest Places in India?
Traditionally stable weather systems have changed and the rainfall pattern in Agumbe has become erratic — the effect of both global and local factors
Conservation
Perhaps We Made the Mountain God Angry
Nomadic Changpa pastoralists at the high grazing grounds of Ladakh find their yak-related economy in a crisis that is driven by major climatic shifts in their fragile mountainous ecosystems
Conservation
Buffaloed by the Climate in Kolhapur
Human-wildlife conflict is escalating in Radhanagari, Kolhapur, where the gaur buffalo are raiding nearby farms. This is spurred by deforestation, cropping changes, drought and fluctuating weather patterns
Conservation
Beneath the Ice: Diving into the Arctic Waters of Svalbard
A rare glimpse of the marine life that inhabit this remote world underwater
Photo Story
Coral Gardens: Artworks Under Indian Seas
Reefs with their multihued coral and vibrant fish can be as dazzling and magical
as a throbbing rainforest
Photo Story