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

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

Global environmental change alters grasslands

Grasslands store 30 per cent of the world's carbon making them crucial in combating climate change  

India will shift to BS VI norms next year: What does it mean?

Since their introduction in 2000, BS norms for vehicular emission have got increasingly stringent

Erratic, incessant rainfall brings floods to many states in India

Heavy monsoon rainfall intensified by depression is the main reason behind the natural disaster

Environment ministry's 50-year plan to tackle water crisis

An expert committee has proposed to regulate the overuse of water in agriculture by registration of inventories for borewells across the country

Cancer cases in India can double every 20 years: Study

Cases of cancers caused by infections are decreasing, while lifestyle and ageing cancers are increasing, found the study

Harmful chemicals are melting out from Himalayas

These pollutants are flowing down to Himalayan lakes, potentially threatening aquatic life and humans dependent on these water bodies

How desertification affects us

By 2045, 135 million people may be displaced due to desertification, says the United Nations

Nasa's planet hunting mission finds three new 'worlds'

The team hopes research will reveal more planets, one of which may have the ability to form water and be habitable