Climate change is making livestock susceptible to diseases; here is how
There is also growing evidence that changes in rainfall pattern, frequent floods and droughts and intense heatwaves have substantial effects on …
Increase in disasters leads to spike in intentional homicides of women: UN Report
The correlation between the number of people affected by disaster and the number of female victims of intentional homicide was found to be the …
Monsoon: Steep fall in India’s new average rainfall
India’s new rainfall normal figure of 868.6 mm is less than 880.6 mm, as the southwest monsoon is currently passing through a ‘dry …
May heat in March shrivels wheat: Centre to revise procurement norms
The Punjab government April 12 appealed to the central government to allow relaxation in the norms of shrivelled grains without any value cut, …
Climate crisis has cost India 5 million hectares of crop in 2021
Around 36 mha agricultural area was affected due to hydro-meteorological calamities since 2016
Karnataka faces 2019-like situation with full dams and more rains in store
Mismanagement over the release of water from various dams had worsened the flood situation in Karnataka and Maharashtra last year
Northern permafrost region on track to become carbon source instead of sink due to global warming
Increasing temperatures thawing permafrost, exposing substantial quantities of organic carbon and atmospheric release of greenhouse gases
Desertification in India: How a faulty government scheme degraded Gujarat's Banni grasslands
Introduction of a non-native plant, Prosopis juliflora, in the region on the recommendation of the third Planning Commission to fight salinity, …
Nigeria shows way to reverse land degradation
Launched in 2015, NEWMAP — a World Bank project — has successfully restored gullies, along with catchment planning, soil and …
डाउन टू अर्थ विश्लेषण: मॉनसून ने किया पस्त, क्या बदलना होगा फसल चक्र?
मॉनसून के मिजाज में बदलाव को देखते हुए क्या हमें अपना फसल चक्र बदलने की जरूरत है?
Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India
Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under drought-like conditions
2021 में करीब पांच लाख भारतीयों ने भारत छोड़ ओईसीडी देशों की ओर रुख किया: रिपोर्ट
इंटरनेशनल माइग्रेशन आउटलुक 2023 रिपोर्ट में जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते अपने घरों को छोड़ने को मजबूर लोगों से जुड़ी नीतियों में होती प्रगति पर ...
Land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 due to degradation
At this rate, restoring 1.5 billion hectares of land by 2030 will be necessary to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world
मॉनसून: भारत के नए औसत वर्षा रिकॉर्ड में भारी गिरावट
मौसम विभाग ने कहा है कि वर्तमान दक्षिण-पश्चिम मॉनसून 'शुष्क युग' से गुजर रहा है
Black soil in red: Climate change threatens world’s food basket
FAO report finds most black soils moderate to severely eroded due to land-use change, unsustainable practices
Centre notifies green credit programme
To incentivise eco-friendly actions; focus on water conservation and afforestation in initial phase
Centre's new draft for RO systems not what NGT asked for
Green Bench sought ban on ROs for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
India looking at record edible oil imports; August 2023 demand 35% higher than last year
Poor rainfall, along with a sharp drop in domestic prices in August, has boosted demand for edible oil
Flash droughts hit nearly 15% rice, maize areas in 1951-2018 monsoons: Study
At least 39 flash droughts occurred in 1951-2018; 82% occurred during the monsoon season, the study found
COP27: Drought-struck nations join hands to combat water woes
‘We are only as resilient to climate change as our land is’: 30 countries form alliance
किसानों को जिला स्तर पर मौसम की सलाह देने वाली 199 इकाइयों को बंद कर रही है सरकार
जलवायु परिवर्तन के इस दौर में बढ़ती बेमौसमी चुनौतियों को देखते हुए जिला कृषि मौसम इकाइयों का बड़ा महत्व है
Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India
Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years
India's clean air plan overlooks 231 polluted cities: Report
Air quality targets in National Clean Air Programme must be given proper legal status to make air in India breathable, it added
GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing
New method takes current methane emissions as baseline to present minor reductions as negative emissions or cooling
How clean is Delhi’s electricity? Not much, finds CSE study
A third of the Capital’s power is from coal-fired plants that don’t follow emission norms