A third of global cropland will be drought-hit by 2040 if emissions don’t stop: Report
The yield of staple crops could be globally hit in a business-as-usual scenario for emissions, just at the time when more food is required, …
The Sundarbans: India must protect the world’s largest delta from a dystopian future, and now
We must get out of ‘beyond disaster response’ mode in the Sundarbans and take urgent action to save it
Rivers across Odisha swell even as cyclone draws near
A cyclonic formation in the Bay of Bengal will reach the north Odisha coast September 18, according to the IMD
COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed climate change: UN
Unless urgent climate action is taken, the world could be in for catastrophic changes, according to a UN report
Not just climate change, Farakka also to blame for 2021 Bihar floods
Farakka construction has caused siltation in Bihar and eastern UP, leading to a rise in the Ganga riverbed’s height, which caused floods in …
Climate emergency: It is time to prepare for severe floods that will hit South Asia
Models show that for a 3°C rise in mean temperature, number of people annually affected in South Asia can more than triple, disrupting lives …
IPCC Report 2021: What do we expect in future?
The rise in average surface temperature beyond 1.5 or 2°C will be breached much earlier; extreme weather events may become worse with time
Writing on the wall: Himachal govt report warned of rise in cloudbursts, landslides in 2012
Rainy days in Himachal would go up by 5-10 days by 2030, the report by Himachal government had warned
Series of cloudbursts cause flash floods in western Himalayas, across India and Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh in India and Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan have been affected due to flash floods July 28, 2021
Climate crisis: Is Earth destabilising?
Until now, it was all climate change and global warming to us. But the contention that that is just one among the others, is a great revelation
WATCH: How cyclones influence monsoon arrival
An early monsoon over Kerala is not indicative of the impact over rest of the country; monsoon rains may arrive over central India …
Has COVID-19 affected forest management? UN says quite a lot
Around 1.6 billion people rely on forests for their subsistence needs and livelihoods; COVID-19 is driving vulnerable communities into forests, …
Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT
If they do, this would leave a large gap in the territory’s health-care system, which already suffers from a fast turnover of staff
‘The expectation that burden of US inaction will be borne by developing countries is unfair’
Given its economic capacity and carbon debt it owes the world, US should not emit any carbon in the future at all.
Hottest in India: Angul boils at 40°C in February
Soaring temperatures spark forest fires across Odisha, officials say loss ‘extensive’
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden differ deeply on climate justice, common sense
Senators Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are not far apart in their climate rhetoric
Earth getting greener, NASA's new maps confirm
A significant increase in green cover in boreal and Arctic regions was observed in the updated maps
Climate emergency: A question of semantics?
Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action
Small, marginal farmers hit hard by poor paddy procurement in Bihar
Govt agencies have procured hardly 11 per cent of targeted procurement of paddy since November 15 last year
‘North Atlantic Oscillation may have played a role in this time's cold wave’
Down To Earth speaks to IMD scientist Rajendra Kumar Jenamani about why temperatures dipped so much this winter in spite of its prediction to the …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data
This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Loss and damage ‘fighting out’ in Madrid
Slow pace coupled with lack of focus on ambitious emission cut within close door negotiation have infuriated vulnerable countries
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Chile pushes for ambitious outcome in Madrid
However, even as the event reached its last day, resolution of key issues is still awaited
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Large sections of western media insensitive to equity question
The Guardian and many others still believe developed nations are on track with climate targets
California's new climate solution
Make Californians drive less, We have known this always. California can make technology work to its impossible and hitherto unknown potential.