North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna crosses evacuation mark in Delhi; highest since 1978
Rising levels of water in the Yamuna are measured at three levels — warning level at 204.50 metres, danger level at 205.33 metres, and …
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it
The country has substantial reserves of copper and cobalt, critical metals for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
COP27: The need for “New Collective Quantified Goal” in Climate Finance
Global South is spending five times more on debt repayments than on addressing the climate crisis's impacts
Here’s how much carbon budget is estimated to be exhausted by 2030
A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate
Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet — how close are they?
Small patches of the Amazon and northern forests might tip and transition to a savannah-like state first, bypassing a more catastrophic …
‘Europe will witness more extreme megadroughts in the years ahead’
Down To Earth speaks to climate historian Christian Pfister from the University of Berne about Europe’s tryst with drought this year, in …
Thwaites ‘doomsday glacier’ can lose ice faster in coming years, coastal areas at risk: Study
Rapid retreat of the glacier may raise global sea levels by 3-10 feet
Blame climate change! UK heatwaves became 10 times more likely
Climate models are unable to keep up with actual observations & other climate change predictions may also be much more severe than previously …
Simultaneous heatwaves across 5 continents: What’s unfolding in front of us
DTE analyses data put out by climatologist & weather historian Maximiliano Herrera
Does tropical ozone hole exist? Experts are divided
Tropical ozone hole is about seven times larger than Antarctica and it appears across all seasons
Can synthetic biology offer solutions to environmental challenges?
Researchers and environmentalists consider synthetic biology or synbio as a potential tool to preserve biodiversity and restore the natural ecosystem
Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: Study
The Satluj basin has total of 2026 glaciers of different sizes totaling 1426 sq. kilometers area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster
Humans have a hand in weakening Asian monsoons in the last 80 years
Researchers studied tree rings from the Loess Plateau in China to conclude that increasing aerosol levels due to emissions are responsible
Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute is one of the greenest campuses in India
The buildings have been designed in a way to maximise thermal comfort while relying less on air conditioning
Emergency in Russian archipelago due to polar bears
The bears, which migrate seasonally from South to North in the area, have been attracted by dustbins in the human settlement, say experts
European wheat not prepared for climate change
A group of European researchers found that the current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices are not sufficiently resilient to the …
Frost bites apple in Kashmir
Freak snowfall in the Kashmir Valley has destroyed around half of the apple economy and exposed an ill-prepared government
How climate change-induced glacial melt affects people in the Himalayan region
Climate change-induced glacial melt can seriously affect half a billion people in the Himalayan region.If the warming trend continues, most …
Climate change in India: Gujarat faces problem of plenty
Regular rains in the state's arid Banni grassland force Maldharis to take up farming, an internal feud erupts
From apples to vegetables in Sikkim
Apple orchards are travelling up the mountains in Sikkim and elsewhere in the Himalayas, as climate change makes the lower slopes too warm
Climate change leads to bonded labour in Bangladesh
Farmers shift from paddy to mango as water dwindles and heat rises, forcing now-redundant farm labour to borrow for survival and go into bondage
Wetlands are key for accurate greenhouse gas measurements in the Arctic: study
Researchers found that between 2006 and 2015, tundra wetlands in Western Russia had remained hotspots of carbon and methane emissions in the region
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Global warming does not cause wildfires. Rather, global warming exacerbates the conditions and raises the risk of wildfire
Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk
As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, rice plants produce fewer vitamins and other key nutrients
360 million people will be exposed to extreme heat in 142 Indian cities by 2050
New research reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect climate hazards if global greenhouse gas emissions continue …