Associate Editor at Down To Earth (Web). His main interests include history, wildlife, culture, cuisine, theology and indigenous peoples
Pope Benedict XVI, who has passed away, was dubbed ‘Green Pontiff’; here is why
Benedict’s statements and actions during his papacy reveal his deep understanding of green issues and connect with them
Sarsa: Rivulet associated with pivotal moment in Guru Gobind Singh’s life is dying
The Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial complex, one of India’s largest manufacturing hubs, is located near the Sarsa and …
Harbour wave: New tech is updating our knowledge about how big the rupture on Boxing Day was
The rupture could have been as long as 1,400 km if a 2021 study is to be believed
Who is Santa Claus? Can he endure in a warming world?
A cover story published by Down To Earth’s sister publication in December last year delves into the man and the myth
Antonio Guterres to convene climate ambition summit in 2023; says 1.5-degree goal ‘gasping for breath’
World still moving in the wrong direction on climate change, UN chief noted in his end-of-year address
Climate change may have made Attila and his Huns, feared raiders of the Roman Empire: Cambridge research
Climate fluctuations could have caused the Huns to migrate and change from herders to raiders as a strategy to mitigate climate risks
Gondwana ‘wellspring’ of mammalian evolution, not Laurasia: Research
Mammals evolved 50 million years earlier than thought in the southern supercontinent and migrated north from there
Formulate, implement national urban employment guarantee, workers tell Centre
The pandemic and subsequent national lockdown have exposed the long-existing vulnerabilities faced by India’s urban poor
Centre draws flak from Parliamentary panel over state of onion silos
The Standing Committee also noted that 51,582.74 million tonnes (MT) of onion had been damaged due to spoilage in the last three years
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s new book takes hard positions on animal rights, predation
In an interview with the New York Times (NYT) December 6, 2022, Nussbaum made an implicit equivalence of predation with rape
Okavango, Murchison Falls: Big Oil closing in on two iconic African Edens, flags report
The Okavango delta and Murchison Falls are home to iconic African wildlife species and are the homeland of indigenous people like the San
Environmental stewards: White House asks federal agencies to include indigenous knowledge in governance
The government directive will apply to Native American, Pacific Islander and Alaskan Native communities
All house cats have a common origin in the Fertile Crescent, says study
Cats were domesticated in the Near East around 10,000 years ago, when humans transitioned to sedentary farming from hunting-gathering
Rice, integral to Madagascar, may be hastening the decline of its unique biodiversity; here is how
Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; most of the plants, animals, insects and fungi found there are not found anywhere else
Stubble burning: Focus on 6 Punjab districts, study by Harvard, MIT suggests
Stubble burning in India affecting other south Asian countries too; but most of the impact is within India, say US researchers
Indo-Gangetic Plain drying up? Water storage declined, ‘stream flow’ rose in Ganga, Indus basins last year, says WMO
Half a billion people live in the Indo-Gangetic Plain across Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh
Myanmar, a country in turmoil, emerging as key transit hub for wildlife trade: Report
Traffickers are using Mizoram as a new route to smuggle animals to supply the growing and thriving exotic pet market in India
Imminent threat: WHO warns 40 million children susceptible to measles as outbreak intensifies in India
There has been a ‘steady decline’ in measles vaccination coverage since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO says
Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how
UNODC paper highlights that illegal wildlife trade has implications for ecosystem function and resilience, including to the persistence of …
A tigress entered Almora from Corbett and was shot; Where is the accountability?
There is no vision to tackle incidents and situations of this sort in India; the country does not have infrastructure because political …
The earth now has 8 billion humans; is the notion of a ‘finite planet’ a myth?
More than numbers, humanity needs to consider how resources are produced and distributed, what is consumed, by whom, and how much
Eight billion humans: Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich tells DTE situation worse than 50 years ago
The world’s population is not declining; but there is a good drop in fertility rates among the rich, according to the author of the …
Two orcas have killed, driven Great White sharks from South African waters; here is why
‘Port’ and ‘Starboard’ have nearly wrecked South Africa’s shark cage watching industry; experts say research is …
IN PHOTOS: People of Plachimada ask UN to drop Coca-Cola as COP27 sponsor
People in Plachimada in Kerala’s Palakkad district have also been on a ‘satyagraha’ for 88 days now
COP14 on wetlands begins; draft resolution for international mangrove centre in China on agenda
Experts in India have expressed surprise at China, a temperate country, offering to host an international mangrove centre