Simply Put: Freedom to Express COVID-19

Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?

Over 310 people have lost their lives on Mount Everest since 1922, through to the end of the 2022 climbing season

Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1

The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants 

COVID-19: Why liquid oxygen should be handled properly

Medical oxygen may be more precious than gold in India right now as COVID-19 rips us apart; but medical personnel must be thoroughly …

Oximeter for COVID-19 : Sellers using loopholes in India's MRP regime to overcharge

Price of oximeters have gone up from Rs 900 to Rs 2,000-3,000 since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic

Oxygen Langars: Sikh gurdwaras in Delhi help COVID-19 patients breathe

As the national capital gasps for air, gurdwaras like Damdama Sahib have stepped up to provide what are now known as ‘oxygen langars’

Simply put: The full cylinders

World Environment Day 2021: The real oximeter

What we need is an evergreen revolution that secures livelihood, provides for energy security and combats climate change

India gasps for oxygen: How some states are holding up

Lack of medical oxygen has endangered lives of COVID-19 patients in state after state

Audit COVID-19 death from oxygen shortage: Parliamentary panel to health ministry

The report also advised expanding the genome sequencing machinery in the country & conducting studies on COVID-19 origins

Mars may have been less oxygen-rich than previously assumed

But there’s still a possibility of life on the Red Planet, finds study

Simply put: Polltime pandemic

Accountability is oxygen to civic life : How India could have managed COVID-19 better

Lessons from Right to Information and other welfare laws could have led to more transparent and smooth relief plans

COVID-19 lockdown was a breather for Rajasthan’s lakes, rivers: Report

Low human intervention, stalled tourism helped improve quality of water bodies in the state 

Demand surpasses supply of oxygen in UP amid raging COVID-19 second wave

State needs abour 800 tonnes a day, but has only 600-650 tonnes

Simply Put: Breathe easy! For here’s Oxygen

Earth may have been covered by global ocean 3 bn yrs ago: Scientists

The findings could help understand how single-cell organisms first emerged on Earth, according to scientists  

No major improvement in river water quality during COVID-19 lockdown: CPCB report

The pollution board monitored the quality of the country’s 19 major rivers between March and April

About 85 per cent of Bengaluru’s water bodies severely polluted: study

Water of none of the lakes in Bengaluru is safe for drinking or bathing

How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health

Oxygen isotope values of fish ear bones gives information on the temperature of the water, while studying concentrations of trace elements …

Ancient 'dead seas' offer a stark warning for our own near future

These dead zones, smaller-scale revivals of the primeval oceans that existed before complex life, appear to be caused by poor land management, …

Oxygen on Mars? Lunchbox-sized gadget makes it possible

It is the 1st instance of utilisation of resources in a planet’s atmosphere to meet human needs

What steps must be taken to secure oxygen – for COVID-19 patients and into the future

COVID-19 is a long-game; the best time to start implementing effective oxygen systems may have been several years ago, but the next best time is now

Odisha’s Nuapada a snapshot of how COVID-19 is affecting rural India

Nuapada distrct experiences lack of oxygen, callous staff, a swelling number of infection cases and deaths and an administration in denial as …

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns