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