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COP-ing with the climate crisis: Top stories that you should not miss

Some of Frontline’s finest coverage of the climate emergency engulfing our planet.

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Artisanal fishers reduced to working as labourers on trawlers in faraway places

Dwindling catch, rampant erosion, and an indifferent administration have rendered them invisible.

Satya Sainath,Pradeep Elangovan

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace

The quantum of contributions, assessment of economic losses, and disbursement are still unclear.

R. Ramachandran

Vizhinjam port in deep water as protests against Adani project intensify

Amid protests against the Rs.7,525 crore port, opposing political forces come together in Kerala.

Poor, low-emitting regions bear brunt of economic burden of extreme heat

High-income countries that emit more greenhouse gases have lost relatively little, say scientists.

R. Ramachandran

Season of smog: Not just Delhi, many north Indian cities are suffering

Air pollution respects no geographical boundaries. An inter-State solution should be worked out.

Government yet to ban drug dangerous to vultures despite availability of safe options

Aceclofenac is toxic to vultures, while meloxicam and tolfenamic acid are safe.

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Trees Cut by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd at Aarey in Mumbai in September 2018. According to the Forest (Conservation) Act, the government is obligated to prevent the destruction of forests for non-forest purposes.

Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

By tweaking Forest (Conservation) Rules, the Centre has compromised on compensatory afforestation.

Prudhviraj Rupavath

A view of the Andaman Sea from the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. The proposed container transshipment terminal and airport and other projects could change the colour of this landscape to brown.

Massive infrastructure project threatens Great Nicobar Island

It will result in devastating ecological changes and endanger the island’s unique flora and fauna.

Ishika Ramakrishna

Seethalayyanagiri in Chikkamagaluru is carpeted with kurinji flowers.

Neelakurinji flowers are blooming in Karnataka

Three hills of Chikkamagaluru district are seeing these exotic flowers bloom here after 16 years.

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Where the wild things are...

There are innumerable parallel universes in each plant, bush, and tree.

Painted storks at Koonthankulam.

Listing of Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary as Ramsar site means little

The conservation exercise will be in vain if the place’s dynamic ecology is sought to be controlled.

T. Ganesh,M. Mathivanan