People's power

STOP FELLING OF TREES

Dam Damned

Better display

For common weal

No rehab for Muthunga tribals

Kerala government dodges its own promises

Hasty rollback

Kerala government stays sand mining permission

Centre melts

Relief to pour in Kerala

Good bye, people's planning

The programme had little place in the debates of the recent Kerala panchayat elections

Silicon valley?

Sand mining in Alappuzha: People call the shots

Open to dispute

Forest sojourn

‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’

Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two fruiting trees in the …

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: The fight to make Kerala antibiotic literate is on

Kerala was on track to achieve the short-term and long-term targets envisaged under the KARSAP plan to make Kerala antibiotic literate. With COVID-…

After floods, rats plague the people of Kerala

An epidemic of ‘rat fever’ or leptospirosis has struck the state, claiming 9 lives

Kerala shows the risk of severe floods is still evolving

The crisis is a timely reminder that climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of severe flooding across the world

Antibiotic resistant genes found in Kerala mangrove ecosystem

Indian researchers have shown that antibiotic resistant genes are present in micro-organisms of mangrove regions in Kerala

Peafowl population is growing in Kerala. But are they threatening humans?

The human population is also on the rise. Does it pose a threat to the Earth’s environment and other species?

Kerala rains: 24 landslides in 24 hours, 22 killed, 22,165 moved

A landslide in Kavalappara village in Malappuram district has 30 houses buried under it  

Kerala beaches kayo the heart

Researchers believe that the minerals present in the sand on the Kerala coast are responsible for a rare heart disease

Deep rumblings

Increase in incidence of earthquakes in Kerala, otherwise a seismically stable zone, is due to high sea pressure and changing land- use patterns

Making power

Villagers in Pathanpara, Kerala, are no longer dependent on the state electricity board. Today, they have their own power generation system

Jazeera’s sit-in protest against coastal sand mining enters third month

Mother of three has been sitting outside Kerala’s state secretariat since August 2; her children attend school from protest site and sleep …

Full reservoirs as monsoon sets in: Why India should watch out for floods

Current live storage available in 123 reservoirs was 170 per cent of the same corresponding period of last year. This does not bode well for …

Vembanad, Ashtamudi: NGT slaps Rs 10 crore on Kerala for its failure to protect Ramsar sites

The penalty is levied per the ‘polluter pays principle’, the tribunal noted