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The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. And this is bad news for humanity

If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in the …

International Biodiversity Day: It is about our relationship with nature

WATCH: Sunita Narain spells out why it is all about our choices as the world celebrates another International Biodiversity Day in the shadow of …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2019)

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

New US rules on food imports

It has been nine months since the US began its search for chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Although nothing was found,…

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Activists call out FSSAI for increasing permissible level of pesticides in Indian herbs, spices

Data for changing the permissible limit should have been provided, they say

Arctic Report Card 2023: Wildfires to melting sea ice, warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across Arctic

Time spent at fish camps is critical for many Alaska Indigenous cultures & kids are missing out on that experience  

Global Eco Watch: Dust causing rapid snow and ice melt in western Himalayas

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Silent invasion

The more fish are introduced in Vidarbha, the more it loses diversity

The ties that bind

Dying fish

India needs to protect its wetland flora

Wetland flora help maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far

Scientists find out what imparts sparkle to fish scales and insect wings

Discovery of ‘universal explanation’ for iridescence in natural world could help humans develop super-reflective surfaces

EU casts its net wider

Fishworkers' union calls off stir after meeting PM

Can fast-moving glaciers contribute to sea-level rise?

Sea-level rise depends on how meltwater drainage operates and modulates the speeds of glaciers

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ASDA to review monkfish ban

A quarter of freshwater fish species risk extinction by climate change: IUCN

Climate change driving multiple species towards extinction at all stages of its lifecycle, assessment noted

96 dams put on high alert in Gujarat

Torrential rains damage dam, inundate eight villages