What is the new cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal?

A low-pressure area will likely develop over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 7. It is likely to concentrate into a depression on May 8

Africa reported 30% of global acute public health events in last 2 decades: WHO

Infections were main cause for public health emergencies in last 2 decades; Climate-led natural disasters fuelling acute public health events

Melting glaciers: We need to keep an eye out on these states, Union Territories

There are 25 glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China, and Nepal that have seen a 40% increase in water spread area since 2009. They pose a …

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

As heavy rains lash, dam outflows too increase in Karnataka

Mismanagement by dam officials leave state staring at worrying scenario

G20 Summit: Weather at Bharat Mandapam being monitored for meet where DRR on top of agenda

A new automated weather station has been installed near the site to ensure that movements of heads of states and other delegates go on smoothly …

Storm surges and relief: Why India should rethink its cyclone response

There is more to cyclone risk management than the total number of evacuees

Action falls short as far as industrial effluent pollution in India is concerned

There are lapses in implementation of laws and court judgements 

Robots to retrieve radioactive remnants from Fukushima, other retired nuclear plants

The £12 million 'LongOps' project is a collaboration between Japan and UK

In the shadow of COVID-19, Bhopal gas disaster survivors

All six reported COVID-19 deaths in Bhopal victims of gas tragedy  

Bedevilled Barak: 2022 Assam deluge damaged houses in Katigorah, pushing locals to flood-proof their dwellings

Villagers are ready to spend lakhs on raising the ground while building houses, say locals

Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them; Here’s how

Earthquake forecasts are built on observations of past earthquake activity, which may stretch back decades, centuries or even thousands of years

Cyclone Yaas: Odisha evacuates 400,000 fearing the worst since 1999

Cyclone Yaas likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours

Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study

It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Warming oceans, La Nina and reduced trade winds to fuel a hyperactive hurricane season for North Atlantic

There is 85% chance for formation of above-normal number of named tropical storms & hurricanes in 2024, NOAA predicts

White Death: Avalanche strikes near Sikkim’s Nathula Road for the first time; seven tourists killed, 13 rescued 

NDRF to arrive tomorrow for further rescue operation

Global population exposed to floods grew over 20% in 15 years: Study

The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Mount Sinabung eruption in Indonesia sends smoke flying 5 km

No casualty or injuries reported so far 

Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists

Rain-on-snow events have resulted in some of the nation’s most destructive and costly floods

Medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE quake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar

Even at a distance of 900 years, accounts of the 1114 earthquake reveal historical societies went about recording natural disasters in terms that …

Odisha, Andamans most prepared to reach climate action SDG: Government  

The SDG Index and Dashboard brought out by the NITI Aayog also gauged India's preparedness for disasters, its saving of carbon dioxide, its share …

Odisha authorities keep vigil though Cyclone Asani to skirt coast

Officials have established a control room and are monitoring the movements of the cyclone

Assam floods: Why is Lakhimpur district always badly hit?

Dikorni river from Papuma Pare, Subansiri river from Lower Siang contribute majorly to flooding in the district  

Bhopal victims demonstrate in Delhi ahead of Supreme Court hearing on more compensation

Delhi police and CRPF dispersed the group of women survivors and forced them to leave