Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warming: Study

Earth’s energy is out of balance; planet to warm more if imbalance persists or increases, paper warns

Food race: These space seeds can help grow climate-resilient crops

This is the first feasibility study by global agencies to determine the effect of cosmic radiation, microgravity and extreme

COP27: We don’t need new pacts, implement current ones, says climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Part 2: The climate scientist talks about need for region and ecosystem-wise targets for adaptation

Run-up to COP27: ‘John Kerry is scared of the floodgates of litigations on accepting loss and damage’

Down To Earth speaks to Farhana Yamin, one of the key architects of the Paris deal, on why rich countries are attempting to linger negotiations …

Time up for reinvention?

If 2018 was the year of revolt, 2019 should be the year of realisation that we must change the way we do business

Managed decline of fossil fuel production needed to meet climate change target

Carbon emissions from the oil, gas and coal in the currently operating fields and mines are enough to take the world beyond 2°C of warming

Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched

New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums

Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched

New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums

Warm-up to kyoto

The industrialise countries have released billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but want the south to play nanny to them and …

Simply Put: Baked bricks

Cool it

We need ways to reduce the need for cooling devices. This means we need to build with nature, not against it

Simply Put: 12 months in a row

As the rest of Karnataka is bone dry, heavy rains wash away Bengaluru’s 133-year-old rainfall record

Karnataka capital latest victim of an unending spate of extreme weather events across the world; It received 111.1 mm of rainfall …

Human actions are changing rivers by altering decomposition rates, increasing greenhouse gas emissions: Study

Though rivers occupy 0.58 per cent of the non-glaciated global land area, they receive 0.72 billion tons of terrestrial carbon per year

Cyclone Remal causes chaos in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India: What we know so far

At least 7 people have been killed, millions left without power due to cyclone; around 8,00,000 people have been evacuated by authorities in …

In 2023, 69 weather stations across India recorded their monthly highest 24-hour rainfall in 122 years, finds CSE-DTE analysis

Maharshtra and Madhya Pradesh had 9 stations each that saw record-breaking rainfall

World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move within their countries by 2050

Climate change, while not the sole driver of displacement and migration, increases pressure on existing systems and communities

Islands of heat

CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health

Twist in the (fairy)tale

How might fairy tales read if written in today’s times? When Fairyland Lost Its Magic is an attempt at that

The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future

Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been stuck in sea ice as late as 2015

Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not

The fact that methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are said to be vastly underreported clearly shows that natural gas is not “very …

Doomsday urgent

Everyone should be terrified of global warming, Jeff Goodell writes in his book, The Heat Will Kill You First

Simply Put: Hotel Naya Kashmir

Simply Put: Footprints of our heated times

Simply put: Wildfires across the world