Bill in Connecticut aims to stop sale of harmful cosmetics banned in EU

Many of the chemicals banned in the European Union are still used in the US in products ranging from toothpaste to shampoo and fruit juices to cheese

Green Revolution lab Jaunti shows agriculture in crisis now

Five decades after the green revolution, Down To Earth visited the village from where it all started, to assess the agrarian crisis situation there

They have beaten malaria

Two countries, Algeria in North Africa and Argentina in South America have been declared 'malaria-free' by the World Health Organization

India's killer wire snares

New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade 

How the kilogram has changed

Down To Earth tells you how the kilogram's definition has changed

What are western disturbances?

Here's a prime on this wind that come from the west towards India

Social media videos can unravel reason behind a giant tsunami

Researchers use 38 such videos of the tsunami to reconstruct Indonesia earthquake

Moon is shrinking, causing moonquakes

In the past millions of years the Earth’s natural satellite has shrunk by almost 46 meters

As oceans rise, one company is building cities that can swim

Oceanix is building cities not to resist rising water but to float on it

Scientists have tracked El Nino occurrences of over 400 years. What does this mean for India?

This study is important to understand the frequency and impact of El Nino

Human actions have made a huge mess of natural world

Even though this biodiversity crisis is humanity’s fault, there is still time to save the Earth if governments, companies and individuals take action, analyses Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Akash Chaurasia, a millionaire farmer from Bundelkhand

Multilayer farming helps this Madhya Pradesh farmer grow a combination of vegetables round the year

How do cyclones get their name?

The process of naming cyclones started when it became difficult for the authorities to alert people about the cyclones through longitude and latitude coordinates

World’s largest ice shelf melting rapidly due to solar heating of ocean surface

If this situation continues, sea levels would rise up to 60 metres by 2050 and the ocean would engulf coastal cities across the globe

It’s a hot potato for PepsiCo and farmers

The corporate giant claims that the farmers are cultivating their proprietary FC5 potatoes without permission

Traffic-related pollution adding to asthma burden worldwide

China accounted for the largest number of cases of traffic pollution-related asthma, followed by India, US, Indonesia and Brazil

World Malaria Day: Can vaccination prevent malaria from spreading?

Malawi starts the first-ever pilot project to immunise children against malaria

Climate change has worsened global economic inequality

Temperature changes have enriched cool countries like Norway and Sweden, while dragging down economic growth in warm countries such as India and Nigeria

There will be more plastic than fishes in oceans by 2050

Instrument meant to survey plankton population accidentally records amount of plastics in the oceans

Lives and livelihoods lost to coastal erosion

The wrath of Bay of Bengal has rendered nearly 650 families from Satabhaya in Odisha homeless

Aravalli: Story of a dying mountain range

In order to save the mountain range, the lack of concern from authorities has to change and constant intervention of the judicial system is needed

Why has India's solar capacity addition slowed down?

India wants to add 100 GW of capacity by 2022. But according to a new report by global analytics firm CRISIL, it will only manage 60 GW by 2022. An anti-dumping duty on imported solar panels widely used in India seems to have increased the cost.