'36% cities to face water crisis by 2050'
Robert Mcdonald, scientist at the US-based environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy, talks to Sushmita Sengupta on water crisis in …
Shrinking source
More than half of the world's major aquifers, which store groundwater, are depleting faster than they can be replenished
Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone
An interview with Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City
बंजर होती धरती का दर्द
भारत में जहां धरती को मां का दर्जा दिया जाता है, वहीं लाख…
Walking deep into fog
India embarks on an ambitious scientific sojourn to understand the crippling weather phenomenon
Stillbirth: a reality check
The number of stillbirths has remained unchanged since 2011 and is still very high globally. There were 2.6 million stillborn babies in 2015, …
Is the Stethoscope Dead?
As 2016 rolled on, the classic stethoscope completed 200 years. On its birth anniversary, there has been quite a debate over retiring the medical …
Africa Baby Boom
The continent’s population will continue to soar with the birth of almost two billion babies in the next 35 years and eventually reach 4.2 …
Explainer: what is pain and what is happening when we feel it?
Pain scientists are reasonably agreed that pain is an unpleasant feeling in our body that makes us want to stop and change our behaviour
Silence of the poor
Rich nations celebrate a toothless climate summit, even as the effects of pollution become hard to negotiate
Solar freakin' roadways? Why the future of this technology may not be so bright
Andrew Thomson, Australian National University
'The gut influences our mood'
Giulia Enders is a two-time scholarship winner studying medicine at the Institute for Microbiology in Frankfurt, Germany. Her presentation of …
The blind spot of science
Will scientists ever concede that science and politics are bedfellows, no matter how strange?
Yogendra Yadav talks about crop loss and farmer compensation
Yogendra Yadav, leader of Jai Kisan Andolan, talks about the complex process of estimating crop damage, role of banks in providing loans, and …
Moving mountains
A number of models are recording the disruption of weather and ecology to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas
Sunita Narain on Supreme Court order to curb sales of diesel cars
On December 15, 2015, the SC gave orders to ban diesel cars that are older than 10 years and ordered to stop registration of diesel vehicles …
Paddy puzzle
While the air quality in Delhi and adjoining areas continues to deteriorate because of unchecked paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana, two …
Paris climate talks in toons
While world leaders at Paris conference were busy negotiating a new climate deal, Down To Earth graphic editor Sorit Gupto produced a series of …
Chennai's monsoon calamity
Even as countries attempt to reach a climate deal that can avert the devastating impacts of climate change, unusually heavy rains pound Chennai, …
The living dead
A Down To Earth special report on how the three-decade old industrial disaster is still an unfolding event for its survivors
Climate justice demands that developing countries get their fair share of carbon space
India Prime Minister Narender Modi was direct about putting forward the demands of developing countries at COP 21
To each, his own
Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on the NGT's decision to fine Punjab and Haryana farmers for burning agricultural residue on their fields
Shooting for the sun
India declares it will increase its renewable energy capacity by 4.7 times in seven years to address climate change. Is this target achievable?
'Indian industries must be a part of global solution to climate change'
Peter Bakker, President of World Business Council on Sustainable Development and Vineet Mittal, Vice Chairperson of Welspun Renewable Energy talk …
Water stressed world
ABOUT 750 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER About one-fifth of the worlds countries will face acute water shortage …