Re-negotiate Indus Treaty with Pakistan in light of climate change: Standing Committee on Water Resources
The 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan did not take present-day issues like climate change into account, a new parliamentary …
How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river
It is time all countries in the Indus basin acknowledge their dependence on each other and discuss joint solutions
Indus Water Treaty: Has it prevented Jammu & Kashmir from using their own resources?
The people of the region blame the treaty for their underdevelopment
Harappa, Rakhigarhi, Dholavira: 200 years of droughts may have erased these Indus megacities, says study
The prolonged droughts forced the civilisation to reorganise their settlements & switch to drought-resilient crops
Rivers have always been a part of Punjabi and Sikh identity, memory
For 5,000 years, the five ‘torrents of water’ that flow through its plains, have fashioned Punjabi life and character
Early Indians: Joining the dots and burying the myths
Tony Joseph debunks the myth of India being the homeland of the Aryans and offers a scientific chronicle
A bird, its photographs and a serendipitous discovery
Using photographs provided online, we found that information given in field guides regarding the Variable Wheatear was in need of an update
China’s Brahmaputra dam: Trans-boundary water governance in South Asia needs a rethink
As Beijing announces construction of a super dam on the Yarlung Zangbo, it is time to reconsider the fluvial landscape approach to river basin …
Temperatures rise, live storage in 123 reservoirs declines
The levels plummetted to 47% from 57% of the total capacity in last one month, according to Central Water Commission data
Haryana’s Rors brought Western flavour to the Indus Valley
New genetic study claims that the Rors came to the Indus Valley when it was flourishing during the Bronze Age and inducted West Eurasian genetic …
‘My method’s an addition to the knowledge about climate change ending the Indus Valley Civilisation’
Down To Earth speaks to Nishant Malik from the Rochester Institute of Technology, United States about the new method he has developed to show …
Climate change pushed Indus Valley migrants west to east: Study
The research found new evidence at two sites in the Great Rann of Kutch and Thar desert to come to this conclusion
Here is why India has given notice to Pakistan for amendment of the Indus Waters Treaty
In all the five meetings held from 2017 to 2022, Pakistan has objected to India’s hydropower projects
Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon
The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …
Climate change may have ended these 10 civilisations
Climatic changes have occurred in the past with the exception that they were not human-induced as is the case now
Amazon River Dolphins face extinction risk: Study
Dolphin flesh and blubber is being used as bait to ensnare catfish, endangering the species
India’s first National Dolphin Research Centre finally a reality
Plan in works for a decade but faced several delays; institute in Patna to research the endangered freshwater mammals
Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar
Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears
Global Eco Watch: People of Indus Valley produced earliest dairy products in the Subcontinent
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
2.2 bn people in Pakistan’s Indus Valley & India at risk of moist heatwaves, high temperatures: Study
The impacts expand along the Bay of Bengal as well as into Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar in 3°C and 4°C warmer world
Global Eco Watch: BSF seized 2,800 kg of Bangladeshi hilsa being smuggled into India since February
Climate change to affect water availability, alter food production: UN report
Water mediated many climate change impacts on agriculture, said the report
A giant dolphin once resided in the Peruvian Amazon. Its closest living relatives today inhabit the Indus and Ganga
At 3.5 metres long, the Pebanista yacuruna was the largest river dolphin that ever existed
Environment in elections: Will climate change alter voting dynamics in Ladakh?
Scientists, journalists and others are confident that warning signs in the cold desert & Sonam Wanghchuk’s fast have made environment a …
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