Half the world's married women out of labour force: Report

Marriage and motherhood also ate into women's access to paid work and accompanying benefits  

Why women’s access to income falls short of men

Marriage & motherhood are increasingly reducing women’s participation in labour market & their access to independent paid work, …

In thunder, lightning, or... Gamma rays may warn you of the next hurlyburly

Radiation sensors can predict lightning within 10 minutes and around 2 kilometers of where they happen

As told to Parliament (June 25, 2019): Fewer claim settlements didn't affect farmers

All that was discussed in the House through the day

AES in Bihar: Poor anganwadi centres failed to deliver

The state also has the highest case of malnourished children (43.9 per cent) in India    

Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study

Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect

Online food products ‘too sweet’

While sweet taste was mentioned in 11 per cent of product reviews, saltiness was rarely mentioned

The cloth cycle

The cotton produced in East Africa is woven into apparel in Asia and then shipped to the US & EU markets. But, it returns to Africa as used …

Engineering this fungi may produce eco-friendly alternative to synthetic dyes

Lab-cultured Rhodosporidium toruloides produces 86 grams indigoidine per litre

New laser-based technique to replace pressure’s 400-year-old measuring standard

The fixed-length optical cavity sensor is 100 times faster, mercury-free and has a higher resolution — compared to standard mercury manometres

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 17 - June 23)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

DTE recommends: What to read, watch, do

Here's all about a photo festival in New Delhi, a book on addiction and a documentary on dams in the US

सतत विकास लक्ष्य: भूटान, नेपाल, श्रीलंका से पीछे है भारत, पाक से आगे

सीएसई की स्टेट ऑफ एनवायरमेंट इन फिगर्स 2019 रिपोर्ट के मुत�…

About 100 world cities used 70% of electricity from renewable sources in 2018: Report

Renewables have become integral to city efforts to reduce CO2 and other harmful emissions

Five countries had zero malaria cases in 2018: WHO

While China and El Salvador reported no cases for second consecutive year; Iran, Malaysia & Timor-Leste had zero cases of the …

As renewable energy picks up, nuclear decommissioning market booms

Though India is yet to take up decommissioning, it has a fund worth Rs 1,975 crore to do the job in the future

Three in four people with epilepsy in low-income countries may die early: WHO

Appropriate use of cheap and effective antiseizure medicines can make up to 70 per cent of people with epilepsy seizure free

गर्मी व लू से बढ़ा ओजोन प्रदूषण, सीएसई ने किया अध्ययन

1 अप्रैल से 15 जून के बीच दिल्ली-एनसीआर में ओजोन प्रदूषण का…

US beekeepers lost 40% honey bee colonies in a year: Survey

Beekeepers lost 37.7 per cent colonies during the winter, between April 2018 and April 2019 — the highest winter decline in the last 13 …

US EPA scraps Obama-era plan limiting coal emissions

The new Affordable Clean Energy rule by Trump administration claims will reduce CO2 emissions by 35% below 2005 levels

Developing countries trust vaccines more: UK survey

Almost all Bangladeshis and Rwandans feel vaccines are safe and important; most French disagree

Ozone pollution in Delhi worse this summer than last: CSE

The national capital recorded 122 microgram per cubic metre of the pollutant, which is 1.22 times higher than the eight-hour average standard

‘Potentially hazardous’ space rock to fly past Earth on June 24

Named 441987 (2010 NY65), the rock has a diameter of 130 to 300 metres and will pass the Earth at a speed of more than 45,000 kilometres per …

WHO launches tool for safer use of antibiotics, curb resistance

The health body has also begun a global campaign to achieve 60% increase in use of drugs that target a specific microorganism rather than several …

Youth's demand for climate action an 'unmistakable message': UN climate chief

At the ongoing UNFCCC conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa asked everyone to take part in this 'fight of …