Antarctic tipping points: The irreversible changes to come if we fail to keep warming below 2℃
Current global heating is taking the Earth system across a threshold humans have never experienced, into a climate where Antarctica’s ice …
‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’
Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two fruiting trees in the …
Ozone levels increase in Delhi, pose health risk
This could lead to a public health crisis as ozone is extremely hazardous to human health
Rains bring some respite from severe air pollution
That’s no guarantee though that air quality would not deteriorate. The authorities should use the respite days to better plan how to …
MoEFCC releases details of National Clean Air Programme; no clarity yet on emission reduction targets
The concept note acknowledges the need for time-bound initiatives at both city and rural level to combat air pollution
How do we know air quality is changing?
Expanding monitoring for more data alone won’t help. Need science, statistical methods for legal reporting on air quality trends, …
India, own the agenda for clean air
After all, clean air is a public good and the adverse health effects of polluted air affect everyone
Will Delhi become a gas chamber again?
The national capital has been in the ‘severe’ AQI category since Diwali night
Join the dots for clean air
Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace
Rain washes away Delhi's air pollution, but what after monsoon is over?
In a city like Delhi, where air pollution is a round-the-year phenomenon, rains can provide only temporary respite
Delhi’s air quality and number games
India needs to codify methodologies for processing air quality data to reduce confusion and build confidence in air pollution control measures.
SC bans plying of 15-yr-old petrol, 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in NCR
CPCB was also ordered to create a social media account on which citizens can lodge complaints on pollution and report violations
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
The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease: Reading Smoke Signals
Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging …
These three state capitals have air quality as bad as Delhi
In the past eight days, Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna have recorded poor or very poor air quality levels
You know clean air is good for your health. It’s good for the economy, too
Poor air quality is linked to decreased productivity, school attendance and even lifetime earnings
‘Air pollution cuts India’s average life expectancy by 5 years’
Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the others mentioned in a new report by the University of Chicago
Sensor-based air quality monitoring instruments left out of new certification scheme
The notification gives CSIR-NPL the authority to certify instruments but fails to address the certification of low-cost instruments
Air pollution may lead to ban on private vehicles in Delhi
The CPCB has already recommended a ban on the movement of trucks and construction activity during the night given the public health emergency due …
Europe air quality: Which capital cities should be worried
A study of 24 European capital cities show Athens fared the best in curbing air pollution while Reykjavik slipped the worst
What is COVID-19 signaling about building design for healthy living?
The possibility that our air-conditioned and cooled living spaces may make coronavirus comfortable and spread needs to be well understood to spur …
Action must on hotspots to curb air pollution in Delhi
It well help reduce overall ambient concentration, cut toxic exposure for the most vulnerable communities in worst affected areas and make cities …
Delhi's Karol Bagh: On-street democracy for cleaner air
Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability
Union government needs to focus on clean air
According to the State Of Global Air Report 2019, 12 lakh people are dying prematurely due to toxic air and dying 2.6 years earlier in India
Plantation drives not enough to fight air pollution
A sapling cannot do what a mature tree can as it takes it decades to be able to support environmental needs