India Climate 2019: Arabian Sea saw 400% more cyclones

In 2019, the monsoon season was the warmest in 118 years

More cold on the way for North India post-Christmas: IMD

Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be affected

IISF 2019: Festival concludes, with organisers claiming success

It narrowed the gap between scientists and commoners ever more, they say

Simultaneous quakes rock Kashmir

The first quake happened on February 5 while the second happened the day after

India’s wells are running dry, fast

Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages

Dry run

DTE Call for Action: How has the rooftop solar potential and market evolved in India

India has seen significant growth in rooftop solar, most of it in just the last 3 years

What we know so far about the volcanic eruption in Iceland

There would not be the same level of disruption as 2010, experts say

As told to Parliament (December 4, 2023): PM10 concentration improved in 90 out of 131 cities

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

DTE Call For Action: Closing the waste loop for sustainability

The agenda for construction and demolition waste is to ensure collection of the waste, its transportation and its reuse and recycling …

AMR Awareness Week: Behavioural, organisational and environmental aspects are vital for containing resistance

Problem underpinned by complex drivers and behaviours; multisectoral and multidimensional efforts required

How colistin went from ‘holy water’ in medicine to ‘sewage’ of resistance

The antimicrobial resistance crisis is affecting even the efficiency of medicines like colistin, whose use is reserved for cases where other …

Simply Put: A celebration not so cricket

Simply Put: Toxic creche

India’s cotton yield may be lowest in 15 years, to drop by 20%

Cotton Association of India attributes yield loss to pink bollworm infestation, El Nino climate pattern

Simply Put: Healthcare for all

DTE Reportage: How nano urea fared in field trials

A 4-part series by Down To Earth on what farmers think of nano urea

Neuter or cull? Meet in Delhi witnesses scuffle over ways to curb growing stray dog menace

In 2022, Delhi alone has reported over 51,000 cases of dog bites

World Water Day 2023: Junagadh villages do a mix-and-match with ground and surface supplies

Surface and ground water are used in a manner that can ensure the balance of ecology

Kenya’s first skyscraper closes — and leaves a complicated legacy

The Hilton Hotel is a landmark from a different era of urban life

Economic Survey 2023-24 through a green lens

Down To Earth's reportage on environment-related issues in the precursor to the budget

Budget 2023-24: Agriculture ignored, schemes for ensuring MSP-based procurement nearly ‘closed down’

Share of agriculture in the overall budget also fell sharply

‘COVID-19 has become endemic in India’

But the world is not out of the woods yet

As told to Parliament (December 16, 2022): River inter-linking projects to provide irrigation to 35 million hectares cropland

They will also help generate 34 million kilo-watts of hydropower

GM mustard: SC adjourns hearing; sowing trials may not take place this season

Biotech regulator GEAC, ICAR can sow latest by Nov 15; SC to hear case Nov 17