7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

Tremors felt in many places, including Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi-NCR

Typhoon Soudelor claims at least 20 lives in Taiwan

The storm, however, weakened after entering inland China

New Nepal

The country struggles with ways to use its diverse ecology in finalising new states

Aryan invasion debunked

Genetic study shows South Asians have a diverse ancestry

A million snake bites

We are only beginning to understand snake bites better

UNITED NATIONS

Disparate narratives

Environmental history writing is beginning to look beyond colonial forestry

Hot spots

Global warming will lead to water scarcity in Asia

Generating heat

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

Fight over fish

Only a few in sensitive list

No more slumming

Builders may 'get big bonanza in Dharavi

Not softer

ASEAN makes its point

DNA test

Tantalising wait: Will India be able to harvest its own ‘heeng’

As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport

What Bhutan got right about happiness, and what other countries can learn

Bhutan has recorded an average growth in annual GDP of 7.5% since the early 1980s; poverty levels have declined from 36% in 2007 to 10% in 2019

Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems — and livelihoods, economies

Much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Indo-Pacific under high to very high risk under high-emissions, no-mitigation …

Turkey should mitigate factors aiding growth of sea snot in Sea of Marmara: Expert

Manish Kumar from IIT-Gandhinagar warned that Indian waters too could experience a sea snot outbreak in the future

COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet 30X30 goal

Conservation measures governed by local communities can help the world meet targets on protected areas, according to a new research

Managing air quality in Nepal: Pollution control fee may be key

943 crore Nepali rupees collected in fees unused, can help local govts to combat poor air quality

‘Severe pressure will be put on forests, ecosystems in Nusantara and the rest of Kalimantan’

Down To Earth speaks to veteran orangutan expert Birute Mary Galdikas on how the shifting of Indonesia’s capital will affect …

New guidelines on abortion care will help prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions: WHO

WHO has released more than 50 recommendations that include clinical practice, health care delivery and law and policy interventions to support …

A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them

When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals

How ready is India for climate change? Not much, says this report

All south Asian countries fared poorly in the 2020 World Risk Index on strengthening their abilities to prepare and adapt to extreme events

Domestic violence to rise as subcontinent heats up: Study

Each 1°C increase in the annual mean temperature associated with a mean increase in domestic violence prevalence of 4.4

Fifth-hottest May again drives home reality to warming world

Even ongoing La Nina conditions couldn’t cool the weather down in several parts of the world last month