Science crucified

A recent meet combats the anti-science wave in Europe

DNA test for Basmati

EU wants only authentic varieties; India stands to gain

Generating heat

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

Testing matter

Silent fields: a cocktail of pesticides is stunting bumblebee colonies across Europe, study shows

The pollen that bumblebees collected and stored in their nests was contaminated with multiple pesticides, an average of eight different compounds …

Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe: Research

Climate change is causing Spain and north Africa to warm faster than north-west Europe

Climate crisis: Temperatures in Europe increase more than twice global average

Europe presents a live picture of a warming world and reminds us that even well prepared societies are not safe from impacts of extreme weather events

Pollutant levels drop in central London 17 years after carbon tax introduction

Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Westminster had lower levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide in 2020, compared to 2003, a …

The Iberian wolf is extinct in Spain’s Andalusia: Report

Wolves from the northern and central part of Iberia can still potentially recolonise Andalusia, says government report

Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early Homo sapiens presence in Europe — and adds mystery about who those humans were

In contrast to earlier analyses, the Banyoles jawbone was found to be most similar to Homo sapiens fossils, not Neandertals  

70 years on from London’s Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health

After 70 years, we know that health harms exist even at low pollutant levels and that there is no “safe” level

The renewable energy transition is failing

Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy — it’s adding to it.

Drying planet: Drought has become a truly planetary disaster in 2022

Climate change is fuelling the intensity of drought in already vulnerable regions while tightening its grip on not-so-vulnerable areas

Fifth-hottest May again drives home reality to warming world

Even ongoing La Nina conditions couldn’t cool the weather down in several parts of the world last month 

Obesity, overweightedness scale epidemic levels in Europe: WHO

Unfavourable eating habits, activity patterns during COVID-19 pandemic add to problem

Renewable energy capacity addition exceeded other sources in 2021

Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total capacity expansion reaching new record …

In the midst of war, Russia hits at patents

As US-EU sanctions deepen, Moscow passes a law to allow free use of patents owned by ‘unfriendly countries’

Turkey should mitigate factors aiding growth of sea snot in Sea of Marmara: Expert

Manish Kumar from IIT-Gandhinagar warned that Indian waters too could experience a sea snot outbreak in the future

World Wildlife Day: WWF urges stakeholders to save Europe’s last old-growth forests

These forests, home to the continent’s largest surviving carnivores and offering ecosystem services, were in danger of fragmentation, the …

‘It is not just a nuclear risk, but a climate risk’

Jan Haverkamp, a nuclear expert of Greenpeace (Central and Eastern Europe), spoke to Down To Earth on about Akademik Lomonosov — the first …

World’s northernmost town now its fastest warming too

The temperature at Longyearbyen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago has risen by 4°C since 1971

Arctic rivers continue to melt more and more every summer, says report

The Arctic Report Card for 2018 notes that this provides powerful evidence for the intensification of the Arctic hydrologic cycle

Humans are behind the dip in population of fishes, plants: Report

A study on biodiversity says 42 per cent of terrestrial animal and plant species have vanished in the last decade

The revenge of the boar

The wild pig can be a danger to humans, as some very special ones in northern Iraq found recently

UK ill-prepared for climate change impacts; PM has her task cut out

A 2,000-page report predicts more floods, heat waves and water shortages in the UK due to global warming