News Snippets
Making of an activist
How an ordinary individual helps improve the environment
News 360°
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Monsoon will withdraw between Oct 14 and 24, predicts scientist
Physicist Elena Surovyatkina, who recently came up with a new weather forecasting model, speaks to Down To Earth about the Indian monsoon and more
Blazing India: All about the killer heatwave
Before monsoon could arrive, the country recorded high temperatures and the sun was brutal to all, but the poor suffered more than …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 15, 2019)
Can climate events in the southern hemisphere affect crops in the north?
A Columbia University study finds that El Niño-Southern Oscillation is behind low crop production in the US, China
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: How India is at risk
Twenty-one drought-prone districts in India, have over half of their areas under desertification between 2003-05 and 2011-13, according to …
How environment became one of the top three global risks after 2010
Environment poses the greatest challenge in today's world. Reason: Governments world over have failed to mitigate and adapt to climate change …
All we know about this year’s monsoon
Researchers and experts have been talking about monsoon, its impact on agriculture and how cities are not prepared to handle the rains much …
World Environment Day: Climate change gets support from tennis world
All the four Grand Slams — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open — have joined the Sports for Climate …
Climate change: Why we can’t rely on regrowing coastal habitats to offset carbon emissions
Sediments beneath mangrove forests, saltmarshes and seagrass meadows are rich in organic carbon
Giving rivers rights aims to protect the ‘voiceless’– but there’s a catch
River rights would include the rights of river basins across national boundaries
Odisha’s mega drinking water project: No proper environmental assessment, NGT pulls up Centre, state
The IIT panel in charge of the assessment never visited site and study report was based on secondary data only, alleged the petitioner
Make floor and dish cleaners at home using reetha or soap nuts with Kirti Negi Bajoria
Making your own floor cleaner and dish wash liquid is easier than you think. Kirti Negi Bajoria, a professional who is on a sabbatical, makes a …
Green Living Part 2: Homemade toothpaste in 4 minutes with Kirti Negi Bajoria
Making your own toothpaste is easier than you think. Kirti Negi Bajoria, a professional who is on a sabbatical makes different household and …
Cascading impact of monsoon
Monsoon rains are synonymous with flooded streets and traffic congestion, with water stagnation due to choked drains resulting in the spread of …
Has forest rights Act enhanced the lives of Adivasis?
Declining biodiversity of forests has led to more vulnerability for the majority of Adivasis living in and around the forest
Remembering Danish Siddiqui
The Pulitzer-winning journalist has left behind a legacy to thousands of emerging photographers, a legacy to question
Assam Elections 2021: Are the poll promises made to protect Assam's environment viable?
Experts pointed out that most of these promises are riddled with loopholes and are not holistic solutions
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot flags off CSE's annual conclave
Three-day Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020 also kicked off; State of India's Environment report launched
Gandhi at 150: Green movements have Gandhian streak
Environmental movements do not make a direct reference to Gandhi, but the methods they adopt and discourse that is moulded in their wake often …