Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes are rising, putting thousands at risk — we now know why
Surprisingly minor changes in the water balance are enough to explain the lake level rises, finds study
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
This year the OECD reported that only one in four people in low-income countries can swim
Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors
The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Climate change blues: Many lakes to turn green, brown
Air, temperature, precipitation, lake depth and elevation determine the colour, along with factors like algae and silt
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Bengaluru floods should draw our attention to how the same tragic story of loss of waterbodies in almost all Indian cities. But will it?&…
Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: Disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy
Thirteen of 43 crater lakes on Cameroon’s Volcanic Line are deep & large enough to contain lethal quantities
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
2 largest US reservoirs at ‘dangerously low levels’: UNEP
These lakes are currently at their lowest levels ever and are at risk of reaching ‘dead pool status’
Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong
Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …
Next COVID-19 variant of concern could come from Africa’s Great Lakes region: Study
Risk model by health analytics firm, Airfinity also names Nigeria, Yemen and South Asia as possible sources
Enabling state machinery to protect Delhi’s wetlands: Operationalising state wetland authority
Protecting Delhi’s wetlands will not only improve the environmental quality of the city but will also enhance local water resources
Rising water levels in Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: 379,935 people require urgent humanitarian assistance
The increased water levels changed the composition of the lakes and damaged biodiversity
Widen met station network in Himalayas to better predict extreme weather: Panel
The Centre should put in place and strengthen weather forecasting technology to warn about cloudbursts, flash floods and glacial lakes, the …
Karnataka revives dying lakes: Why a decentralised governance was long overdue
The High Court of Karnataka June 15, 2021 passed an order calling for decentralised governance of lakes in the state
Hyderabad storm water management: Missed potential and way forward
Due to a multiplicity of authorities, the stormwater infrastructure in the city is largely unequipped to handle moderate or extreme rainfall …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 1, 2020)
A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source
Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis
How civil engineers lead lake rejuvenation in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Pollution, solid waste dumping, flooding and encroachment issue plagued Coimbatore’s Kurichi Lake and Bengaluru’s Mylsandra …
Green campus done right: This Assam university sets an example
How Assam Don Bosco University weaves climate action, preservation of flora and fauna, management of water resources in its green initiatives …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 22, 2020)
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry
Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …
‘Don’t plug this hole’
Residents protest housing projects on lake in Mumbai suburb
Why NGT’s calls on restoration of water bodies is need of the hour
National Green Tribunal’s 2019 order asking states to identify, protect and restore water bodies underlines the urgency to save them
Water-stressed in India: Experts unfazed over Bengaluru’s dismal JSA ranking
Bengaluru’s water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200th rank
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