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Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:23 PMThe threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states
![Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification_1.jpg?itok=BLeiAqB7)
Air pollution surges to emergency levels in India
Posted on 11 Jun, 2019 03:53 PMUrban India needs to take air pollution more seriously than it does now. The Centre for Science and Environment’s report, State of India's Environment 2019 has come up with startling facts on the state of air in the country.
![Narratives from Korba in Chhattisgarh is proof that breathing the dust laden air near the power plant is injurious to health. (Image: Ishan Tankha)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/photo4.jpg?itok=F3v5umuW)
GHG emissions, water footprints of dietary patterns
Posted on 07 Jun, 2019 10:40 AMIndia's food system produces large environmental impacts but these vary by diets. The per capita environmental impacts of diets in India are currently lower than those of many high-income countries due, in part, to habitually low consumption of animal source foods.
![As India continues in its nutrition transition, people currently consuming the rice and low diversity pattern will be likely to adopt more diverse diets (Image: Senthil T S K, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ready_rice_fields.jpg?itok=PUx0K4LP)
Understanding the Yamuna and life around it
Posted on 03 Jun, 2019 07:30 AMSarla Yadav, a resident of Yamuna Ghat 24 is a treasure trove of stories on the river Yamuna. She runs a boat business with her son Shyam who provides a nuanced personal account of living by the river and of eking out a meagre livelihood by plying boats. They are among a few families who have not sold their boats so far.
![The Yamuna river and its people (Image: Shashwat Jain, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_yamuna.jpg?itok=4YUS0-YP)
High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in Uttar Pradesh
Posted on 30 May, 2019 03:56 PMNew Delhi, May 30 (India Science Wire): A new study has found that as many as 2.34 crore people in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh are exposed to high levels of arsenic in groundwater.
![Arsenic concentration in groundwater of Uttar Pradesh shown by blue, green and red circles. Image courtesy: India Science Wire](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/arsenic_gw_up_india_science_wire_article.png?itok=fRjKe-EM)
Borewells: Boon or bane for women?
Posted on 23 May, 2019 08:29 PMTamil Nadu is one of the most water-vulnerable states in India that depends heavily on groundwater for irrigation. As high as 56 percent of land in the state is currently irrigated by groundwater and the remaining by tanks and canals.
![Collecting water, a daily backbreaking task of women. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagledi_0.jpg?itok=YGsHv6Yc)
Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PMOdisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
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What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PMA recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimates that 2.7 billion pieces of dry cell batteries are being consumed annually in India.
![The evolving framework of end-of-life battery management could be inclusive of the informal chain of collectors and segregators. (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/battery.jpg?itok=VBAqoo1w)
What women want
Posted on 08 May, 2019 04:02 PMAs the world’s largest democracy is all geared for its biggest test - for voters to select their Members of Parliament and the Prime Minister, the top issues that dominate the electoral agenda at the national level have been increased jobs opportunities, controlling inflation, and reducing farmers’ distress.
![Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pv_wateraid_2019_day_2-7566.jpg?itok=mIGaNbLQ)
Coping with droughts: Gender matters
Posted on 08 May, 2019 12:38 PMDroughts are one of the most feared natural calamities impacting agriculture and food production as well as the morale of millions of farmers in India. Recent studies show that the frequency of droughts is increasing.
![Women are burdened with household tasks such as collecting water. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_water.jpg?itok=tUmp9u8q)