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Environmental laws affect real communities, landscapes and livelihoods, so the people living closest to a proposed project need a meaningful opportunity to participate in environmental decision-making. Public hearings and access to…

The eye of a cyclone is not simply a hole in the clouds. It is a warm, relatively calm central region created and maintained by a complex circulation involving intense rising air in the surrounding eyewall and sinking air within the centre.…

Cyclones do not form simply because the sea is warm. They require a combination of warm ocean water, moisture, atmospheric rotation and favourable wind conditions. The Bay of Bengal experiences more tropical cyclones than the Arabian Sea…

Urban wetlands are more than patches of water waiting for development. They can temporarily store stormwater, slow runoff, help retain pollutants and sediments, provide habitat for wildlife and influence local temperatures through water and…

Antibiotic resistance is not only created inside hospitals. Wastewater, agricultural runoff, pharmaceutical pollution and poorly managed waste can carry antibiotics, resistant bacteria and resistance genes into the environment. These…

Ganpati Visarjan is a deeply meaningful religious tradition, but the materials used in modern idol making can create environmental problems when they enter rivers, lakes and ponds. Plaster of Paris, synthetic paints, plastic and thermocol…

Nuakhai is far more than a festival marking the arrival of new rice. Deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of Western Odisha, it brings farmers, families and communities together to honour the first produce of the harvest. The…

Smog is not simply smoke hanging over a city. It is the result of a complex chain of atmospheric reactions in which gases released from vehicles, industries and other sources interact with sunlight and each other. Nitrogen oxides and…

Talcher Angul is one of Odisha's most important centres of coal mining, power generation and heavy industry, but its economic importance has come with a significant environmental burden. Pollution from mining, thermal power, industrial…

Air pollution does not respect state borders. Smoke from crop fields, emissions from industries, vehicles and dust can be carried by winds across hundreds of kilometres, while atmospheric chemistry can transform these pollutants as they…