Top world cities take a step towards clean air

Mayors of 35 cities in the world pledge to deliver clean air for their citizens

India to be trans-fat free by 2022: FSSAI

Trans-fats are the worst form of fats that create high health risks  

Will an India-Pakistan war usher in a nuclear winter?

If the 2 countries fire their nukes, global temperatures may plummet2-5°C

India becomes open-defecation free but many challenges ahead

The challenge now will be mainly be to sustain India's open-defecation free status

How are planets named?

Let's find out how a minor planet was named after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj

Extreme El Niño events may double in 21st century: IPCC

Frequency of El Niño and La Niña events may rise significantly in the future, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Mangalyaan: Still in orbit after half a decade

One of the most cost-effective missions of its kind, Mangalyaan will keep orbiting Mars for some more time

Global climate strike in India

Children and adults protest and demand climate action from the government

Watch: What the UN chief had to say about climate emergency

Down To Earth brings you footage from the interview of Antonio Guterres by the Nation and CBS News as part of the COvering Climate Now media partnership

Can polluted air particles inhaled by a pregnant mother reach her placenta?

Traces of the pollutants were found in the foetal side which was very close to where the umbilical emerges

Northern Hemisphere just recorded its hottest summer

The five warmest summers ever recorded have occurred in the past five years

MIT researchers synthesise the blackest material on planet

The new substance is made from carbon nanotubes and the MIT researchers said it can absorb 99.996% of light

How India lost its finest Banni grasslands to an exotic species called Prosopis Juliflora

Will Northern White Rhinos continue to roam on Earth

This paves the way for transferring the embryos into a surrogate, most possibly a Southern White Rhino to revive the animal population

Benefits of climate adaptation far outweigh costs

The world can accrue net benefits worth $7.1 trillion by spending $1.8 trillion on climate adaptation, according to latest Global Commission on Adaptation report

Sunita Narain: Rio’s stepchild must become the parent in our climate-risked world

Since climate change is haunting the world in various forms, the management of land and water is at risk, says the environmentalist

Watch: The best cities to live in and what makes them so

Vienna remained at the top of the Global Liveable Index prepared by Economist Intelligence Unit

Vision without eyes? The new OpticSELINE tech says yes

UNCCD COP14 in India: What is it all about?

The threat of desertification looms large

How global warming will impact oceans in the future

What is One Nation, One Ration Card scheme

 The central scheme will integrate all state public distribution systems to a central repository of beneficiaries’ details

Record surge in forest fires in Amazon rainforest

Brazil's National Institute for Space Research detected 72,000 fires between January and August, 2019