Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
GM mustard effect: Private firm now seeks Bt brinjal trials
Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report
Joshimath’s sinking brings Uttarakhand’s rehabilitation policy into sharp focus
Why are there fewer women on India’s science scene? Data needed to answer that, say experts
Social and natural scientists have to come together to work on why women are less represented in Indian science
Sinking town: Probe NTPC project, say experts as subsidence creates panic in Joshimath
Uttarakhand government to prepare prefabricated buildings to shift people whose houses have cracked
World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets conditional nod in US
Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies
Antibiotic residues in wastewater may trigger antimicrobial resistance in India, China: Study
Antimicrobial resistance results in an increase in morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs for the individual, health system and country
African Swine Fever scare: 700 pigs culled in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
The infection has spread like wildfire in the area, according to local veterinarian doctors
Discord from beginning: First round of talks for a global plastic treaty was not a success; here is why
Industry representatives attended the event, even as civil society was often not allowed at most closed door meetings
Another atmospheric river storm is battering California
Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26
Did war in Ukraine drive more migratory birds to Chilika lake in Odisha?
There were over a million birds of 184 species in the lagoon in December 2022
Delhi shivers at 3°C, season’s coldest; Rajasthan dips to -1.5°C
Cold wave over north, northwest Delhi to stay for next two days
India now has 212 indigenous livestock breeds after ICAR-NBAGR registers 10 new ones
The 10 new breeds included three new cattle, one buffalo, three goats and three pigs
China’s definition of COVID deaths ‘very narrow’, country’s data ‘under-represents’ severity: WHO
Updated definition is narrow since it counts only those deaths caused by COVID-induced pneumonia or respiratory failures
Unusually warm January in Europe; record temperature in many countries: WMO
Conditions caused by warm air from north-west Africa
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 4, 2023)
Union Cabinet approves National Green Hydrogen Mission
The initial outlay for the Mission will be Rs 19,744 crore
How to cool a green space? Plant trees downstream of wind
Study in Shanghai looked into impact of tree layouts on microclimate of generic green areas
After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt
Excess rainfall has caused a loss of about 50 per cent across the cotton belt region
Rubber plantations in Tripura affecting monkeys, vegetation, suggests paper
Authors warn against monoculture farms, suggest eco-friendly measures to increase biodiversity
Satellite to monitor methane emissions not in pipeline, but will be happy to build one: ISRO
ISRO to have a busy year with missions to the sun and moon as well as unmanned spaceflight
This flapping-wing robot can land, perch like a bird
Ability to land on a perch will provide a more effective means for them to recharge using solar energy, making them perfect for long-range missions
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against infection, severe disease declined with new variants; here's how
AstraZeneca vaccine provided least protection against infection, showed most rapid decline
Virus-only diet? Meet a hungry organism that thrives on them
Researchers stumble across plankton that considers viruses to be more like a snack than danger