Can algae be a profitable solution for carbon capture?

Siddhanta Das, special secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, talks about using algae to capture carbon from industrial …

Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change

A declaration of resistance, and a roadmap for radical change, from the generation that will be most screwed by climate change.

Climate change, the hidden hand

Anthony McMichael takes us on a tour across epochs, showing how collapse of civilisations has roots in climate change

How fair is it for Trump to walk out of Paris Agreement?

Trump dumps the Paris climate deal

For Donald Trump, the concept of climate change is a hoax

Vrishti: Jhirmir Barse Mesh

The Manganiar are communities in the desert of Rajasthan. Majority of these singers are found in the districts of Tharparkar, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas,…

Vrishti: Sawaniyo Re Hindo

The Manganiar are communities in the desert of Rajasthan. Majority of these singers are found in the districts of Tharparkar, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas,…

Vrishti: Kesariya Balam

Majority of Manganiar singers are found in the districts of Tharparkar, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Badin, Sujawal, Thatta, …

Indian Monsoon: True Finance Minister of India

Sunita Narain speaks on the significance of the Monsoon in India and the vital role it plays in the Indian economy and lives

The science of monsoon: M Rajeevan

M Rajeevan, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences talks about the science of monsoon at an event celebrating 25 years of Down To earth in New Delhi

Vristhi: 25 years of Down to Earth celebrating with the monsoons

Vristhi an unique conversation between scientist, musicians and civil society, a Down to Earth event to celebrate its 25 years of existence

266 years of changing climate

June 2016 was the second warmest June in satellite temperature records, according to a press release by the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH).…

This week in environment and science

Environment and science related updates from across the world

'Indigenous communities are key stakeholders in the climate change talks'

Ekai Nabenyo, 24, is the founder and chair of the Lorengelup Community Development Initiative, Kenya. An ethnic Turkana tribesman, he talks to …

Green Climate Fund approves eight projects at Zambia meet

Approved projects worth US$ 168 million

Diving in the Arctic

Dinesh C Sharma is the first Asian journalist to go to the Arctic to report on an ongoing international scientific expedition to study climate …

How climate change impacts human health

Ice Age heat waves might have killed mammoths, says study

Abrupt warming, which resembles the human-made global warming of today, may have driven the mammoths’ extinction

A look at what scares countries the most

Most respondents in developing countries are worried about climate change

Michael Brauer talks about the health effects of black carbon

Chikungunya

Factsheet: Inclusion of aviation

In 2008, the EU decided to extend the scope of its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) to include emissions from the aviation

Week one in COP21 over, will week two deliver?

Even though there is very little agreement at the Paris climate summit, there is still hope, say negotiators  

French President sets agenda for COP 21

Developed countries must take the lead and developing countries must be supported in adapting