Not El Niño, but climate change-driven ocean warming is driving coral bleaching: New study
If temperatures keep rising, coral reefs, despite their ability to adapt, may face extinction soon
CLIMATE CHANGE
LEAD STORY
OPINION
LEAD STORY
Nov-Dec 2015, Chennai: “For months afterwards, I was afraid of rain”
- by Shweta Narayan
- July 28, 2026
A Chennai resident remembers how the city remained flooded for more than a month, caused more than 500 deaths; and exposed the ecological and social injustices on which Chennai has been built
CLIMATE CHANGE
LEAD STORY
Around 300,000 evacuated as wildfires rage through Spain and France, climate change responsible
- by The Plurals News Network
- July 28, 2026
Experts blame fossil fuel-driven climate change as the main driver behind the spreading wildfires
OPINION
LEAD STORY
Sept 22-23, 2025, Kolkata: The night the City of Joy turned into the City of Bhoy
- by Jayati Ghosh
- July 27, 2026
A Kolkata resident relives the 30-hour-long nightmare, when a spell of intense rain, over hours, drowned the city that was lit up by festivity
LEAD STORY
OPINION
July 26, 2005, Mumbai: I walked for hours through waist-high water, as news of deaths poured in
- by Chandrima S. Bhattacharya
- July 26, 2026
Exactly 21 years back, a flood triggered in Mumbai by excessive rain killed more than a thousand people and gave us the first lesson on climate change pushing prosperous urban zones into the realm of acute risk. A former Mumbai resident recounts her experience
ENVIRONMENT
LEAD STORY
Half of the world’s migratory bird species are declining, across continents and oceans
- by The Plurals News Network
- July 24, 2026
Migratory birds coming to India from Arctic, are declining more rapidly than birds coming from shorter distances
INTERVIEW
LEAD STORY
Bengal’s new green minister promises “complete overhaul” of environment ministry, referring earlier failures
- by Jayanta Basu
- July 23, 2026
Minister Manoj Oraon assures zero tolerance against environment violators, points out plan to have a multi-department strategy to counter environmental violations within forest areas
POLITICS
LEAD STORY
Climate change and war work in tandem, multiplies damage on human health
- by The Plurals News Network
- July 22, 2026
The new global report points out that these crises are not isolated, but converge in a “polycrisis”, a condition in which multiple global crises impact one another
NEWS
LEAD STORY
A renewable energy first for India: solar and wind energy together cross 100 GW
- by The Plurals News Network
- July 20, 2026
Experts point at 2026 as a watershed year for renewables; focus on infrastructure and transmission flexibility
HEALTH
LEAD STORY
Indians among the most vulnerable globally to sleep-loss linked to climate change
- by The Plurals News Network
- July 18, 2026
Sleep deprivation due to climate change related temperature rise has doubled in the last 50 years in 5major global cities; a major health concern