Simply Put: Walk for water
Mumbai rains once again prove climate change is no hoax
The number of rainy days is decreasing while intense rainfall events are increasing globally
Chasing monsoon 2019: July deficit means 90% chance of falling below normal
If June rainfall remains below 100 mm, it would be fourth time in last 118 years
Droughts: misery in slow motion
Successive droughts and water scarcity are causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately acknowledged
India simply does not acknowledge forest drought
Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people
How plants breathe and how that can help humans
Scientists find how humans shaped plants’ breathing mechanism, which could help develop more drought-resistant crops
Drought causes Bundelkhand’s farmers to turn defaulters
In Uttar Pradesh’s portion of the Bundelkhand region, farmers’ lands are being auctioned due to their inability to pay loans
Somalia records third-driest rainy season in 39 years
The main rainy season (April-June) has been below average in the country since late 2015
After Cape Town, is Sydney heading for a date with Day Zero?
From June 1, 2019, the Australian megapolis will face water cuts again after nearly a decade as levels in its dams are just over 50 per …
NDA trounces agrarian crisis to win rural areas
Despite the rural hinterland being in the throes of agrarian distress, the incumbent coalition has won handsomely in these very areas
This monsoon is different
It is one of the few years where a monsoon is entering at a time when half of India’s districts are facing drought; some are facing the …
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 …