हिंदी
മലയാളം
Print Edition
Subscribe
Health
Agriculture
Water
Waste
Climate
Air
Africa
Data Centre
Video
Gallery
Food
Bookshop
Young Environmentalist
Newsletters
Subscribe
Health
Agriculture
Water
Waste
Climate
Air
Africa
Data Centre
Video
Gallery
Food
Bookshop
Young Environmentalist
Newsletters
Blog (Natural disasters)
Urbanisation
Indian townships are rebuilding after landslides — but not everyone will benefit
Ipshita Basu
20 Jan 2026
4 min read
After Wayanad’s deadly landslide, rebuilding efforts reveal whose losses the state values most
Climate Change
West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
Farshid Vahedifard
31 Dec 2025
7 min read
Across the US, decades-old flood defences are buckling under extreme weather and the risks are falling unevenly on communities least protected.
Natural Disasters
Minutes that save lives: Inside India’s tsunami early warning system
Praveen Sakalya
26 Dec 2025
3 min read
How science, sensors and rapid communication help detect ocean threats before they strike
Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi
22 Dec 2025
4 min read
When disaster becomes a festival: Rethinking media coverage of the Wayanad landslide
Anto P Cheerotha
20 Dec 2025
3 min read
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
Shuang-Ye Wu
16 Dec 2025
5 min read
Warm oceans seem to be turning even ‘weak’ cyclones into deadly rainmakers
Ligin Joseph
09 Dec 2025
4 min read
The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
Ivis García
05 Dec 2025
4 min read
True forest fire management must begin not with extinguishing flames, but with understanding the people who light them
Pradeep Mishra
13 Nov 2025
8 min read
No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming
Farah Nibbs
13 Nov 2025
5 min read
Cyclones, caste, and the price of dignity: When Odisha’s fisherwomen refuse shelter
Madhusudan Nag
05 Nov 2025
3 min read
Flooded promises: Bihar’s manifestos stay silent on the state’s deepest crisis
Eklavya Prasad
04 Nov 2025
6 min read
The psychological toll of hurricanes — major storms leave more than wreckage behind
Gulnaz Anjum
03 Nov 2025
4 min read
Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha
Biswanath Dash
31 Oct 2025
4 min read
Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed
Ethan Murray
30 Oct 2025
5 min read
More
Down To Earth
www.downtoearth.org.in
INSTALL APP