https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/cyclone-murasu-races-across-bay-of-bengal-imd-warns-of-storm-surges-up-to-15-metres https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/cj5at5kn/flood-hit-villagers-taking-relief-items-in-Ganjam-district.jpg Flood-affected villagers receive relief supplies in Ganjam district. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/h6wlgg1z/Cyclone-Murasu-IMD.png https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/97wgx34n/Storm-Surge-and-Inundation-Cyclone-Murasu-IMD.png downtoearth en 2026-11-02T12:45:24.535Z Cyclone Murasu races across Bay of Bengal, IMD warns of storm surges up to 1.5 metres Cyclone Murasu, Bay of Bengal, storm surges, Andhra Pradesh, IMD warning, coastal flooding, landfall timing, severe cyclone, Nellore coast, storm speed, Ongole flooding, Bapatla impact, Telangana path, Cyclone Arnab, orange warning https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/daily-court-digest-major-environment-orders-november-2-2026 https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/rmjoizwp/Gavel.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T12:37:56.264Z Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 2, 2026) Waste, Pollution, Water, River Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal, court digest, Mula-Mutha river, Harmu river, Waterway encroachment https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/highlights-from-the-issue-53 https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-31/36nvckza/01-Highlights-from-the-issue.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-28/mmppr055/climate.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/apabuefb/28.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/b3uxsb7x/hilsa.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/qbt5nhs8/25.jpg Peak power demand in 2026 touched 269 GW on September 10, just 1 GW below the year’s 270 GW peak recorded in May https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/j9e6muee/10.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-27/psaigxjy/22.jpg Social worker P Prabhakaran at Kovalam-Nemmeli wetland near Karikattu Kuppam village in Tamil Nadu https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-09/0eqlsey5/Wayanad-Warming.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/mzjcd4p7/42.jpg Farmer Dyaneshwar Dound of Masai village, Jalna, says residents have repaired and constructed water harvesting structures, such as barrages and bunds, to arrest every rain spell for recharging groundwater https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/mlf1y0qs/16.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-29/t530umg7/45.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/9d9rfryf/52.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-29/y22t19e7/50.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/1xymf5ry/51.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/0twzu5vu/54.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/0qzfsfeh/iStock-155463183.jpg In 2025, there were 1.2 billion multidimensionally poor people in the world downtoearth en 2026-11-02T12:01:22.666Z Highlights from the issue Environment https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/worlds-frozen-regions-warming-faster-than-global-average-threatening-floods-and-massive-carbon-release-un https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/pmpgf017/iStock-2195506044.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T11:56:11.478Z World’s frozen regions warming faster than global average, threatening floods and massive carbon release: UN glacial floods, cryosphere, climate change, GLOF risks, Himalayan glaciers, carbon release, global warming, COP31, ice loss, adaptation measures, Hindu Kush, permafrost, emissions cuts, ice avalanches, monsoon floods https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/there-will-be-more-low-pressure-area-days-in-post-monsoon-season-of-2026 https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/o8r6x9oe/KJ-Ramesh-2.jpg K J Ramesh, former director-general of the IMD https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/4p8zekok/1.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/ofcp8obq/2.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/5ayyiunt/4.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/hyuwilop/5.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T11:38:22.440Z ‘There will be more low-pressure area days in post monsoon season of 2026’ Climate Change, Natural Disasters, El Nino, low pressure, cyclone arnab https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/simply-put-india-in-2026-global-hunger-index https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/5xqepbn3/Simply-Put-2-Nov-hero-image-copy.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/rnbsm29c/SImply-Put-2-Nov-Hunger-copy.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:49:00.757Z Simply Put: India in 2026 Global Hunger Index Food, Governance, food insecurity, undernourished, stunted, 2026 Global Hunger Index https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/from-tradition-to-trade https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/mlf1y0qs/16.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:36:28.820Z Agrobiodiversity: Indigenous foods enter the marketplace Agriculture, agrobiodiversity, Wild Foods, Traditional crops, indigenous foods https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/planets-super-and-hyper-crisis https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/j9e6muee/10.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:36:23.153Z Planet's super, and hyper, El Nino crisis El Niño, hyper El Niño, climate crisis, Niño 3.4, global warming, economic losses, drought-proofing, ENSO amplitude, food security, Pacific Ocean, climate action, extreme weather, developing nations, global GDP, climate scientist https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/feeding-the-conflict https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/1xymf5ry/51.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:35:43.806Z Feeding the conflict: Why macaques enter urban spaces Wildlife & Biodiversity, macaques, urban landscape, Human-monkey conflicts https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/great-migration https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/apabuefb/28.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:35:40.053Z Great migration: How climate change is redrawing wildlife maps Climate Change, Wildlife & Biodiversity, Biodiversity, himalayan birds, migration patterns https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/unfinished-business-2 https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/0twzu5vu/54.jpg downtoearth en 2026-11-02T10:35:09.782Z The unfinished promise of Indian science Science & Technology, Indian scientists, science for development, Indian science https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/sal-borer-infestation-worsens-in-madhya-pradesh-more-than-45000-trees-felled https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/s4pa6tup/downtoearth-hindi2026-10-30l36i6gze20261028143511.avif Trees being felled in Karanjia forest range. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/e0qpfvsc/downtoearth-hindi2026-10-308rbfw4p220261028135524.avif A pile of felled sal trees lies near Sontirath village. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/p7v4wfwx/downtoearth-hindi2026-10-30uyw6vzpd20261028123058.avif Sawdust piling up around the trees. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/01kyxgm3/downtoearth-hindi2026-10-30dugtxo3t20261028143525.avif Workers cutting infected trees. downtoearth en 2026-11-02T09:14:05.497Z Sal borer infestation worsens in Madhya Pradesh, more than 45,000 trees felled sal borer, Madhya Pradesh, tree felling, forest resources, Dindori forests, timber depot, Karanjia range, Bajag range, pest outbreak, medicinal plants, water resources, scientific survey, Sagartola depot, 1990s outbreak, coordinated efforts https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/cyclone-murasu-threatens-andhra-pradesh-days-after-arnab-leaves-seven-dead https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-02/22ocywvk/WhatsApp-Image-2026-11-02-at-11.03.12.jpeg Cyclone Murasu is likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight on November 2, with gusts up to 120 kmph. This map shows the observed track of the storm in black, the forecast path in red, along with wind distribution in the quadrant. downtoearth en 2026-11-02T06:48:46.315Z Cyclone Murasu threatens Andhra Pradesh days after Arnab leaves seven dead Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, coastal flooding, Bay Of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, extreme rainfall, Extreme weather, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone landfall, cyclone arnab, Cyclone Murasu https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/lowland-insects-under-stress https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-30/pwwzxomx/32.jpg Kim Lea Holzmann, postdoctoral researcher at Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Germany downtoearth en 2026-11-02T06:01:21.920Z ‘Lowland insects under stress’ Climate Change https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/cyclone-arnab-aftermath-flood-hit-villages-in-odisha-face-drinking-water-crisis https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/p34edzeu/water-tanker.jpg Residents of Lingapur village in Odisha’s Gajapati district gather around a water tanker. Safedrinkingwater has become scarce in the aftermath of the floods. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/pbqt7i6a/a-tube-well-is-being-disinfected-in-Gajapati-district.jpg A tube well is disinfected in Gajapati district as authorities work to restore safe drinking-water supplies. downtoearth en 2026-11-01T06:40:24.948Z Cyclone Arnab aftermath: Flood-hit villages in Odisha face drinking water crisis Natural Disasters, Natural Disasters, Climate disasters, Rural Water Supply, Ganjam, water contamination, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Odisha floods, cyclone arnab, Drinking Water Crisis, Special Relief Commissioner https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/odisha-begins-seven-month-fishing-ban-to-protect-olive-ridley-turtles https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/31io9lqz/Olive-Ridley-turtles.jpg Forest officials patrol the waters of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary from an offshore turtle protection camp https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/vbu4mhem/a-Turtle-Excluder-Devise-fitted-fishing-net-in-a-trawler-PHOTO-BY-FOREST-DEPARTMENT.jpg A turtle excluder device (TED) is fitted into a fishing net to allow turtles caught in the net to escape.The Odisha forest department has made it compulsory for fishing trawlers to install the devices https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/73jdy86i/FILE-PHOTO-ARRIBADA-OF-TURTLES-PHOTO-FOREST-DEPT.jpg Gahirmatha beach, in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, is recognised as the world’s largest naturalnestingground for Olive Ridley sea turtles downtoearth en 2026-11-01T06:35:35.860Z Odisha begins seven-month fishing ban to protect Olive Ridley turtles Wildlife & Biodiversity, Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, Olive Ridley turtles, Odisha fishing ban 2026, seven-month fishing ban, Gahirmatha turtle nesting, Rushikulya beach, Olive Ridley mass nesting, arribada 2026, turtle conservationin Odisha, turtle excluder devices (TEDs) https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/yerevan-pathway-cop17-ends-with-decisions-on-50-agenda-items https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/jiylfdh1/Hambardzum-Matevosyan.jpg Celebrating the adoption of decisions on resource mobilization and the Global Review; (From left to right) COP17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment, Armenia; CBD Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker; and Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-11-01/uf8kxxoe/CBDCOP17-5146.jpg Activists called for the conclusion of several outstanding decisions, including those on cooperation with other conventions and the global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol, which COP17 deferred to COP18 because of a lack of time downtoearth en 2026-11-01T06:27:36.608Z Yerevan Pathway: COP17 ends with decisions on 50 agenda items Wildlife & Biodiversity, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), biodiversity crisis, COP17, Yerevan Pathway, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF),, Global biodiversity targets 2030 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/bhutans-sintaphu-tsho-glof-why-scientific-assessment-must-translate-into-disaster-preparedness https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-31/g44h0t9l/The-Majestic-Lakes-of-Bhutan.jpg These lakes lie in the northernmost part of Bhutan and are formed by glacial meltwater accumulating behind moraines. Though visually striking, they pose a significant risk to downstream settlements: a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) could occur with little warning https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-10-31/pqz7c3sn/map.jpg downtoearth en 2026-10-31T16:04:08.464Z Bhutan’s Sintaphu Tsho GLOF: why scientific assessment must translate into disaster preparedness Natural Disasters, Climate Change, World, Bhutan, Lake, glacial lake, Bhutan’s Sintaphu Tsho GLOF, glacial meltwater