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A new UN University report highlights the peril of irreversible tipping points for both people and the planet
Posted on 26 Oct, 2023 07:54 AMA United Nations University report released this week finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed.
![The risk tipping point is when an ecosystem loses key species that are strongly connected, triggering cascading extinctions of dependent species, which can eventually lead to the collapse of an entire ecosystem. (Image: UNU)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/lead.jpg?itok=D_YFwllH)
Increasing adoption of rainwater harvesting technologies in rural India
Posted on 24 Oct, 2023 10:56 PMRainwater Harvesting (RWH) technology continues to be highly recommended as a potential solution to deal with water scarcity in developed as well as developing countries such as India and includes various methods such as Rooftop rainwater harvesting (RRWH), surface runoff collection, flood runoff harvesting, and in-situ RWH.
![Catch the rain where it falls (Image Source: IWP flicker photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/Catch%20the%20rain%20where%20it%20falls.jpg?itok=A6XsWytx)
Beneath the surface: A journey into Kolar’s water management
Posted on 23 Oct, 2023 09:42 PMField visits are an exciting enterprise, especially as a young student who wishes to understand rural India. But they are also a complicated process of seeing and discerning, trying to figure out what is real and what is not. Hagiographies of local mobilisation are common in such endeavours, which, in some cases, are justified. To give into such tendencies is to pick the easy way out.
![Catchment and bed area of the tank (Image: Anshul Rai Sharma)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/2.jpg?itok=As_YjOei)
Indian coasts and the threat of invasive species
Posted on 23 Oct, 2023 07:46 PMCoastal habitats in India are especially prone to invasion by alien species, and the major avenues for the invasion are through ballast water, natural calamities or through accidental introduction/escape during unscientific coastal aquaculture and seaweed culture informs this report titled 'A review on the impacts of invas
![Coral reefs in the Andaman Islands (Image Source: Ritiks via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/Coral%20reefs%20in%20the%20andaman%20islands.jpg?itok=Z01niUoe)
Women: The harbingers of change, not silent sufferers
Posted on 21 Oct, 2023 05:03 PMIn times of crisis and calamity, women have repeatedly been cast, portrayed, and even studied as vulnerable groups, their agency overshadowed by societal perceptions. This characterization extends beyond disasters to encompass human-induced socio-economic upheavals too. While this narrative implies a lack of agency among women, the reality is quite different.
![Women as trailblazers: Resilience, transformation, and breaking barriers on dual fronts (Image: ILRI/Mann; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/woman.jpg?itok=wvbFJgby)
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
Posted on 20 Oct, 2023 04:10 PMWaterAid India is a non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming lives by improving access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. The organisation focuses on marginalised and vulnerable communities, striving to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has access to these essential services.
![Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/wateraid_anindito_mukherjee_600_px.jpg?itok=bwhqJ79m)
Climate change coping mechanism discovered in humble algae
Posted on 18 Oct, 2023 09:14 AMOne of the building blocks of ocean life can adapt to cope with the effects of climate change, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
![Kelp makes a beautiful canopy over an understory of calcareous red algae beneath the waves at Cape Solander in southern Sydney (Image: John Turnbull; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/algae.jpg?itok=ID105ixE)
Sustainable solutions in focus
Posted on 18 Oct, 2023 07:12 AMA day-long workshop convened by The Nature Conservancy Centre (TNCC) and backed by TATA Trusts, 'The Indian Collaborative for Applied Sustainable Solutions' (ICASS) initiative brought together a diverse group of sustainability practitioners to address critical gaps in the science-policy-practice interface, ensuring effective sustainability implementation.
![The Nature Conservancy is working to protect ecologically important areas across boundaries—so that they can be preserved for future generations (Image: Gayatri Priyadarshini; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/1200px-Beautiful_snowy_landscape_of_himalayas.jpg?itok=zyDxQbVM)
Shaping the future of clean energy manufacturing
Posted on 11 Oct, 2023 07:55 PMWhether the world and India need an energy transition is no longer in question. Rather, the question is how to achieve it, and how soon. The answer to both of those questions could depend on how India gets the manufacturing and supply chain story right, as it will be not just India that benefits, but the world stands to gain as well.
![Woman barefoot solar technician (Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/Department for International Development; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/solar.jpg?itok=YupiooEv)