Mumbai rains once again prove climate change is no hoax
The number of rainy days is decreasing while intense rainfall events are increasing globally
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 29, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why Malawi is failing to protect people from floods and what needs to be done
Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives
Cyclone Idai batters southern Africa; 120 dead, many more missing
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi affected in the ‘worst disaster to hit the region’
500,000 cattle dead in Australia floods
Australia’s beef industry is expected to be severely hit and could take several decades to recover
Did you know Indian and West African monsoons are linked?
A report by an IISc scientist says that El Nino oscillates between both regions and affects the intensity of their rainfall
Understanding link between extreme rainfall events and floods
Scientific evidence of global warming leading to more moisture in atmosphere, causing extreme precipitation doesn't show these causes more …
Reality check: 2017 hurricanes wreaked the most havoc in 48 years
Limiting temperature rise 1.5-2°C may cut down number of tropical cyclones but not their severity
Sea level rise 3mm higher in 2018 than last year: report
Previous studies have also warned that the sea level rise in 21st Century has been three times as fast as that in the …
Extreme rainfall acidifies land in India's northeastern states
The vicious cycle of frequent heavy rain events degrading land, which again cause more floods and hence further degrade land, cripples …
Land degradation makes containing floods and droughts tough
Water erosion accounts for more than 50 per cent of total degraded area in India
Deluge in the desert: Saudi Arabia’s devastating floods wreak havoc
Heavy rains that started on November 10 will continue to lash the kingdom in the next 2 days. More than 30 people have died across the country …