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Locust plague: How India can fight this menace

Locusts have spread to new territories across India, with new factors contributing to their …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: We have reached the edge — FULL COVER STORY

The world needs to give up carbon by 2050. Are we on track? Read Down To Earth's full cover&…

All that happened at UNCCD COP14

The 14th Conference of Parties in New Delhi saw delegates discuss desertification in detail.…

DESERTIFICATION DAY: Download our print cover for free

On the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, download our 2019 print coverage on …

All about the first-ever global assessment on biodiversity

Down To Earth followed the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and …

Full coverage: Impacts of climate change on Hindu Kush Himalayan region

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development assessed the ecologically …

This is why Kerala floods were the worst in a century

Kerala's worst flood since 1924 reinforces how local environmental degradation and lack of …

Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths

An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community

Africa and climate change: Exiled by emissions

The impacts of climate change are making the continent even more vulnerable

Clouds of confusion over monsoon's timely arrival

While extended range forecast shows some signs of an early onset, other meteorological …

India's climate quandary

The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, India's flagship programme that …

Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam

It looks as if climate change is forcing 24,000 people to leave the Mekong Delta every year

Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than before

To understand their changing behaviour in the wake of climate change, Indian scientists …

Five things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t

Parties could agree on certain rules in order to help the first stocktake of progress in …

Ice-free Arctic may happen much sooner than predicted so far: study

While Arctic sea ice volume and extent continue to dip each year, a new study has found out …

What makes 2017 Atlantic hurricane season unprecedented?

Tropical cyclones like hurricanes and typhoons are changing character due to global warming.…

As climate change makes hurricanes more intense, can US live in denial anymore?

Climate scientists agree on the probability that hurricane seasons like 2017 will be …

Trump must confront climate challenge, but will he?

People in the US must turn up the heat on Donald Trump so that he doesn’t water down …

2011-2015: mighty hot five-year period

A study by the World Meteorological Organization analyses this five-year period for a …

Mr Trump, please don’t set a bad precedent

Despite the signs of climate change, Donald Trump administration can derail the modest …

What's in store for US climate agenda after Obama?

The success of Paris Climate deal depends largely on the political willingness of one of …