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Desert winds during monsoon breaks can be used for early warnings: Study
Climate Change

Desert winds during monsoon breaks can be used for early warnings: Study

Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
This offers a potential early warning system for farmers as the breaks, characterised by reduced rainfall, can significantly impact agriculture
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 12, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 12, 2026)

DTE Staff
3 min read
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2026): India’s AI workforce set to double to 1.25 million in 3 years
Governance

As told to Parliament (February 11, 2026): India’s AI workforce set to double to 1.25 million in 3 years

DTE Staff
3 min read
All that was discussed in the House through the day
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Desert winds during monsoon breaks can be used for early warnings: Study
Climate Change
Desert winds during monsoon breaks can be used for early warnings: Study
By
Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 12, 2026)
Environment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 12, 2026)
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2026): India’s AI workforce set to double to 1.25 million in 3 years
Governance
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2026): India’s AI workforce set to double to 1.25 million in 3 years
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
When giants get trapped: How Kerala’s fishers are learning to save the world’s largest fish
Wildlife & Biodiversity
When giants get trapped: How Kerala’s fishers are learning to save the world’s largest fish
By
K A Shaji
6 min read
US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD
Economy
US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
A dust-bound supermassive black hole [artist's impression]
Science & Technology
Scientists capture clearest evidence yet of star collapsing into black hole
By
Nandita Banerji
3 min read
T Madhava Menon (1929-2026).
Governance
Remembering T Madhava Menon (1929–2026): A life devoted to tribal justice, sustainable agriculture and humane governance
By
K A Shaji
4 min read
India’s freight emissions could rise 400% by 2047 without urgent reform: SFC–TERI report
Energy
India’s freight emissions could rise 400% by 2047 without urgent reform: SFC–TERI report
By
Puja Das
3 min read
Wuthering Heights: Was Heathcliff of the West Yorkshire Moors actually from the hoars of Sylhet?
Environment
Wuthering Heights: Was Heathcliff of the West Yorkshire Moors actually from the hoars of Sylhet?
By
Rajat Ghai
6 min read
In early January 2026, wildfires swept through Argentina’s Chubut province in Patagonia, engulfing parts of UNESCO-listed Los Alerces National Park, home to ancient Alerce trees that can live for over 3,000 years.
Climate Change
Climate change made Chile and Argentina wildfires this year up to three times more likely, study finds
By
Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
Along Peru’s desert coast, the Chincha Indians built a powerful state preceding the Inca; their secret was poop
Wildlife & Biodiversity
Along Peru’s desert coast, the Chincha Indians built a powerful state preceding the Inca; their secret was poop
By
Rajat Ghai
3 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 11, 2026)
Environment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 11, 2026)
By
DTE Staff
4 min read
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