Embrace of an unforgettable conservation crusade lingers on

Impacts of Chipko are still visible in the state after four decades

READ MORE 03 Jan 2017

Health report 2016: a glance at major developments

Down To Earth takes a probing look into key health issues that raised concerns and dominated medical discourse in 2016

READ MORE 29 Dec 2016

Can UK environment survive Brexit onslaught?

Following Brexit, the UK will no longer be under obligation to adhere to progressive policies on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and …

READ MORE 28 Dec 2016

Demonetisation in the time of pollution

READ MORE 17 Dec 2016

Finding a way through prolonged haze and policy maze

As cities around the world saw smog-ridden days and unabated carbon emission in 2016, Down To Earth looks into the scale of problem and solutions …

READ MORE 14 Dec 2016

SOE 2017 and Food book combo offer

READ MORE 06 Dec 2016

Living Dead

More than three decades after the Bhopal gas leak killed a few thousand people and affected about 500,000 others, the struggle continues for …

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Meanwhile in Bhopal

READ MORE 02 Dec 2016

Why the US should quit the Paris Agreement

Trump's presidency would be extremely detrimental to the Agreement and destroy the climate convention negotiated over the past 25 years

READ MORE 30 Nov 2016

Climate Catastrophe and Resilience

About 11,000 extreme weather events killed more than 528,000 people and caused economic losses of around US$ 3.08 trillion between 1996 and 2015. …

READ MORE 26 Nov 2016

Supreme Court bans firecrackers in Delhi-NCR

READ MORE 26 Nov 2016

Debate: Can neutrinos have devastating impacts on local biosphere?

Research on neutrinos has come a long way. First postulated by Swiss scientist Wolfgang Pauli in 1930, neutrinos are tiny and neutral elementary …

READ MORE 22 Nov 2016

While Delhi chokes, other cities also get a whiff

Air pollution has been Delhi’s persistent enemy. It rears its head at the onset of winter when heavy smog envelopes the national capital, …

READ MORE 05 Nov 2016

What's the right strategy to fight the scourge of open defecation?

The inaugural edition of Down To Earth Hindi carried a cover story on the challenge of sanitation in India. The story analysed whether, and how, …

READ MORE 26 Oct 2016

Seeds of green culture

from shoes made of old tyres in Ghana to roads built from recycled plastic in Kenya, 20 environment friendly start-ups from developing countries …

READ MORE 22 Oct 2016

Seeds of green culture

from shoes made of old tyres in Ghana to roads built from recycled plastic in Kenya, 20 environment friendly start-ups from developing countries …

READ MORE 22 Oct 2016

The return of Avian Flu

Bird flu returned to haunt India, only a month after the country was declared free from avian influenza (H5N1) on September 5, 2016

READ MORE 21 Oct 2016

Auto-makers asked to give details of pollution levels in India

Road Transport ministry in a bid to curb vehicular pollution has asked auto manufacturers to furnish all the details of air pollutants as well as …

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Bursting firecrackers regardless of noise pollution

READ MORE 14 Oct 2016

23 countries just got energy efficiency report cards - and they're almost all flunking

The most valuable tool we have to meet the world’s growing energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas production could be figuring out how …

READ MORE 09 Oct 2016

Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?

The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …

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Cross Hairs - September 16-30, 2016

Healthcare is not just a service but a fundamental right of every citizen of India

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The world at risk

When roads are no longer passable and bridges are destroyed, last-mile delivery of aid to disaster-hit people becomes a challenge

READ MORE 09 Sep 2016

Asiatic lions left in the lurch

The Centre has refused to grant any money for long-term lion conservation, citing lack of funds

READ MORE 02 Sep 2016

An 8-million-year-old mysterious date with monsoon (e-book)

Weather scientists, writers, historians and academicians explore India's most intimate yet least understood climate phenomenon

READ MORE 31 Aug 2016