Ozone crisis

Bill the US for natural disasters

The cost of US inaction on climate change is colossal

Bacteria in glaciers

Alarming sign

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at their peak, claim UK scientists

Warm without carbon dioxide

CO 2 had nothing to do with the Miocene era global warming

CAMEROON

White paper with grey areas

Carbon trading mega-project in Brazil

Rat race

Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations

Energy matters

Quality of light influences stomatal movement

Aggressive expansion of carbon offset deals in Africa, island states raises crucial questions

Projects covering 10% of Zambia & Liberia’s land have been signed with a UAE-based company  

Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study

Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect

US EPA scraps Obama-era plan limiting coal emissions

The new Affordable Clean Energy rule by Trump administration claims will reduce CO2 emissions by 35% below 2005 levels

Just a year left, India has met less than 2% of its e-vehicles target

The aim was 15-16 million e-vehicles by 2020; As of May 2019, country had only 0.28 million

More nitrogen may help offset effect of climate change on wheat: study

IIT-Kharagpur scientists find wheat yield improves with increasing levels of nitrogen application despite elevated CO2 conditions

International Day of Forests 2023: Why mass tree plantation drives are an unscientific approach

A holistic view is necessary where all intact natural ecosystems are secured and degraded ecosystems are functionally restored

Most of India’s export emissions from cattle and sheep, import emissions from oil crops: Study

India’ emissions from agricultural imports went up 39 per cent during 2004-2017

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns

Global environmental change alters grasslands

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

IEA report recommends radical near-term reductions in energy sector CO2 emissions

Over the coming decades, the demand for oil will be generated from freight, aviation and petrochemicals sectors where alternatives are scarce

2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030—it's time to adapt

Current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory suggests that global temperatures like 2015 will be normal by 2030

Reservoirs are large contributors of methane to the atmosphere

A new study helps to revisit the understanding that hydroelectric projects are a ‘green’ or carbon neutral source of energy

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …

UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading

Earlier this year, UNEP showed that oil and gas fields worldwide have been causing massive methane leaks, mostly due to faulty equipment