We all eat GM food, uninformed and illegally

In - Depth

How desertification threatens most of India

A state-wise analysis of land degradation by soil erosion, mining, urbanisation and many other practices

Wildlife & Biodiversity

18th Conference of parties of CITES: Global conservation's hits and misses

Health in Africa

In-Depth: 69th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa

Forests

Forest Rights Act: Let’s look at its impact on wildlife, politics

Here are different perspectives on what the Supreme Court hearing on the fate of “encroachers” may mean for all those who dwell in and outside forests

Economy

Union Budget 2019-20 full coverage: Grey areas for blue skies, green goals

All of Down To Earth’s coverage on how this year’s Budget impacts India’s economic health is right here

Environment

Blazing India: All about the killer heatwave

Before monsoon could arrive, the country recorded high temperatures and the sun was brutal to all, but the poor suffered more than others

Science & Technology

Will 5G slip through the net or cast it wide?

As the Centre plans a Rs 6-lakh crore spectrum auction to make the introduction of 5G affordable, experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. Here’s what they have to say on the issue

Environment

All we know about this year’s monsoon

Researchers and experts have been talking about monsoon, its impact on agriculture and how cities are not prepared to handle the rains much before monsoon hit the Kerala coast. Here’s all of it

Waste

Full coverage: Green agenda for the new govt

Here is what environmentalists and experts expect from the new regime

Agriculture

The sugarcane story: Not at all short and sweet

Here’s all about the political economy of the sugarcane crisis

Wildlife & Biodiversity

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of April

Every Sunday Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology. Here are all of them for April 2019

Natural Disasters

Cyclone Fani: From the ferocious winds to the trail of destruction

Cyclone Fani: The tale of a weird storm

Here is our entire coverage on the cyclonic storm that barrelled through Odisha on May 3, 2019

Climate Change

All about the first-ever global assessment on biodiversity

Down To Earth followed the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ from when it was a draft to its final release. Here’s all of it

Pollution

Court digest: Major environment hearings in April

While every week, Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal, here is a round-up of all the Saturday digests for April

Forests

Indian Forest Act: What the proposed amendment entails

The government is all set to amend the colonial Indian Forest Act, and make it more biased against forest dwellers

Science & Technology

Rakesh Sharma on space exploration and technology

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To Earth about the exhilarating moment, space exploration, humans as multi-planetary species, ISRO’s plan to send a humanoid to space and weaponisation of space in a four-part series