Ground Truth from Space

Dispatches from space, field, and everywhere in between.

Madras Crocodile Bank Trust & the Irula Snake Catcher's Society

How the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and the Irula Snake Catchers Cooperative Society are tackling India's most overlooked health crisis — snakebite — through community-led venom collection, antivenom production, and conservation.

15 min read · January 02, 2023

2023 · wildlife conservation India Tamil-Nadu snakebite herpetology irula · research
Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change

How Telangana's Telanganaku Harita Haram programme — targeting 2.3 billion tree plantations is tackling deadly heatwaves and declining green cover, and why other states should follow suit.

9 min read · June 06, 2022

2022 · climate-change environment trees heatwave India Telangana green-cover · research
Circular Cities: A Way Forward for Building Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Future Cities of Asia

How the concept of circular cities rooted in reducing waste, extending asset lifetimes, and closing resource loops can help Asia's rapidly growing megacities become sustainable and climate-resilient, with case studies from Kolkata, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

24 min read · May 25, 2022

2022 · urban-planning sustainability climate-change Asia circular-economy SDG cities environment · research