Trees of the desert

Green eye in the sky

A voyage into space for a three-dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment

Leaf economics

Plant growth rate determines their vulnerability to changes

SBSTTA-25: Delegates move forward on recommendations to implement Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Synergy between climate change & biodiversity recognised; work on indicators to continue till next meeting  

Troubling picture of Antarctica ice shelves: Study finds 40% volume lost in 25 years

Half of them shrinking with no sign of recovery, about 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater released into oceans

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence

Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam

Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years

As told to Parliament (March 17, 2021): Indian Railways eye 20 GW solar power from vacant land by 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Global Eco Watch: Key Indonesia law incapable of protecting 80% of rainforest vulnerable to palm oil plantation

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

Humans exhaust this year’s quota of natural resources

International report shows our demand is way beyond what Earth can provide

Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas

Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification

Accelerated ice melts in Greenland triggers alarm

The phenomenon is likely to increase estimates of global sea level rise

Sea of change

Global warming poses threat to CO2-absorbing planktons

Fertiliser’s true climate impact

Empirical estimates of nitrous oxide levels in environment made

Robotic surgeries to get cheaper [video special]

A patient has to usually shell out around Rs 50,000 more for a robot-assisted surgery

Science and Technology - Briefs

Take heed!

Worldwide increase in temperatures is becoming a major cause for concern

Killer appetites

Killer whales are eating sea otters in Alaska. This could change Alaska's coastal ecology

No laughing matter, this

A wake-up call

Britain's worst ever flood in 50 years could be a result of global warming

Mercury rising

Searing heat

Global temperature to rise by alarming 2-4C

Water-cooled

Bleached corals

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