Heat waves strike south India as north copes with cold

While northern India is witnessing an extended winter season, the southern part of the country started experiencing heat wave conditions on March …

Cabinet approves new mining bill

Share prices of metal and coal companies nosedive

Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention

It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states

Why we need to study day-to-day weather

While the link between summer monsoon and agriculture has been thoroughly researched, there is absence of deliberation over the impact of rains …

This crane flew 4,800 kilometres in 15 days to reach Gujarat on World Migratory Bird Day

‘Vadla’, a female Common Crane, was tagged March 12 this year in Gujarat’s Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, as part of a larger project to …

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

This winter was the cleanest in NCR since 2018, finds CSE; Delhi air most toxic

Delhi-NCR saw lowest PM2.5 average in last five years since air quality tracking began; long way to clean air standards

As told to Parliament (December 8, 2022): Annual PM10 levels dropped in 95 cities this year

Twenty cities met National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 in 2021-22 compared to 4 in 2017-18

As told to Parliament (December 14, 2022): Cancer cases, deaths in India rose in 2022

The number of cases rose to 1,461,427 in 2022 from 1,426,447 in 2021

Beijing steps up to check air pollution

Environmental protection bureau fines polluting industries a record US $4.2 million in 2014

Polar vortex may freeze parts of US again this winter

Private weather forecaster AccuWeather forecasts a colder winter due to polar vortex; US Met office bets on El Niño

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

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

As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning

Delhi-NCR air quality in October, November 2022 best in 7 years, Ashwini Kumar Choubey tells Lok Sabha