Environmental challenges: Desperate crises but also opportunity for inclusion

The Centre for Science and Environment has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2018. Here is the …

These celebrities cause 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person

There is an insane disparity in carbon emissions between the rich and the poor

On climate, focus on what Putin does, not what he says

The Russian president's backyard has literally been on fire

Another grim climate report on oceans: What will it take to address the compounding problems?

Rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions must be achieved across institutional boundaries

UNCCD COP14: Experts stress the need to assess long-term drought impacts

World Bank, Water Global Practices release framework to assess benefits of proactive action vis-à-vis drought

Local govts must be empowered to act against desertification: Developing nations

Lack of power devolution between state and local governments exacerbates the problem of degradation, say experts

जग बीती: जिसने पहुंचाया नुकसान, वही उठाएगा फायदा

Cold desert regions need special attention: Experts

The expanse of deserts in these regions appears to be growing because of progressive melting of glaciers due to climate change

Agriculture, food security and livestock in southern Africa most vulnerable to climate hazards: FAO

Cyclone Idai alone destroyed crops over 0.78 million hectares in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, highlighted the UN agency’s recent report &…

Accelerating climate change threatens animals’ ability to adapt

Rising global temperatures will negatively impact numerous species vital to function of the natural world    

Ursula Von der Leyen: why controversial choice for EU top job may actually have been the right one

She promises to put carbon neutrality into law during first 100 days and to propose legislation to enforce a “fair minimum wage” in …

Drought watch: Is there any monsoon effect?

A deficit in July rainfall has been associated with six of India’s worst droughts between 1877 and 2005

How to deal with extreme heat: Move beyond emergency mode

In an era of global warming, if India’s cities are to continue as centres for economic opportunities, they will have to move away from …

UK on track to be first G7 country to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050

The Climate Change Act, 2008 will be amended on June 12 in Parliament, as advised by the Committee on Climate Change

Disappearing sea ice is changing the whole ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean

A warmer Arctic could disrupt ocean circulation and global weather systems, while permafrost will continue to thaw, potentially releasing …

Is climate change affecting the migrations of Kashmir’s pastoralists?

With summer coming early to Jammu this year, Gujjars and Bakerwals started migrating to higher pastures early only to find the snows had still …

रास्ते हैं, बस चलने की जरूरत

महात्मा गांधी ने कहा था कि हम जैसी दुनिया देखना चाहते हैं, उसी हिसाब से हमें खुद को ढालना होगा। आज की दुनिया में ...

Scientists develop salt tolerant rice variety

The variety can withstand salt concentration of up to 200 micromole per litre

'Natural disasters are shaped by social and economic inequality'

Down To Earth speaks to historian Ben Kingsbury, who, in his book An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876, says natural disasters are …

How water flows across continents

Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs has created graphic maps of watersheds across the world. His works can be found here.

Haze may be contributing to warming in South Asia: study

The warming, in turn, could be the reason behind the reduction in the monsoon in the past few decades

Study sheds light on functioning of global river-based ecosystems

Around 153 researchers from 40 countries worked on the paper, which shows how climatic factors that govern decomposition rates are increasingly …

Despite intense rainfall, world’s water supply is decreasing

Study finds that drying of soil due to rise in temperatures is not letting much water reach rivers and reservoirs  

Climate talks, at snail's pace

Heat is on: 2019 on track to become hottest year ever

El Nino, or the unusual warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, will further add to the already warming temperatures