What is Panama disease? Are bananas at risk?
The disease and conditions regarding its spread show that depending on monoculture crops is not sustainable for our food and nutritional security
China records first human death from H3N8 bird flu
China alerted WHO 24 days after the woman was hospitalised & 11 days after her death, against the mandated 24 hours
Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up
Indigenous Americans have no history of open ocean voyaging. Similarly, there is no archaeological evidence of pre-Polynesian occupation on any …
237 million people in 6 Asian countries at risk due to coastal flooding by 2050: Study
In India, six times more people are at risk from coastal flooding than the earlier estimates based on satellite data from NASA
Tepco to decommission plant close to one damaged in 2011
The Fukushima Daini plant located 12 kilometres away from the Daiichi plant, had escaped damage in the 2011 quake and tsunami
Arctic rivers continue to melt more and more every summer, says report
The Arctic Report Card for 2018 notes that this provides powerful evidence for the intensification of the Arctic hydrologic cycle
Humans are behind the dip in population of fishes, plants: Report
A study on biodiversity says 42 per cent of terrestrial animal and plant species have vanished in the last decade
Typhoon Tembin: death toll crosses 230 in the Philippines; Vietnam spared the wrath
The storm, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines, did not make landfall in Vietnam
Global warming and El Nino caused record temperature in Southeast Asia
While El Nino triggered the heat, global warming pushed the temperatures to a record-breaking level in 2016, finds study
WHO fund to boost emergency preparedness in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund to help 11 member countries prepare for natural disasters and health emergencies
'Structures in rural Afghanistan highly vulnerable to shaking'
Relief organisations have welcomed support from the international community in the aftermath of the Hindu Kush quake
Indonesian fire forces Singapore to shut school
Forest and peatland fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan deteriorates Singapore’s air pollution levels
New paradigm for sustainable transport in Asia: words or reality?
Most of the nations participating in recently concluded Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum presented ambitious mobility plans for their …
Uphill task completed
NATURE RESERVES OF THE HIMALAYA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL ASIA Compiled by Michael J B Green Publisher: Oxford University Press, India (for …
Dying of progress
As the reckless plundering of the world's limited resources continues, nature is striking back where it hurts humans most: disease. People in …
More of everything?
Increasing acid rain. Higher temperatures. Water scarcity. Shrinking farmlands. Reducing biodiversity. This is what the years leading to AD 2050 …
Heart condition
South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular …
Joint venture
Southeast Asian nations ink pact that transcends borders to tackle haze pollution caused by land and forest fires
A safety valve!
Alarmed by super rapid industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank suggests urgent corporate 'voluntary' action and …
Fowl Play
Is an avian flu pandemic imminent? As panic sends the world into a flutter, the Indian response still struggles to take wing, discover padmaparna …
Prices rise, not hunger
People prefer to eat less nutritious food than go hungry, says FAO
Electricity deficit can place EU-Vietnam trade agreement at risk
Ensuring clean electricity production to power growth is need of the hour
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 3 – 9, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Earthquake of magnitude 7.3 strikes southeast of Philippines
Such high-magnitude earthquakes at that depth are rare in the Philippines
Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict
A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure
