'Kuwait could face serious climate change impacts over the next few decades'
Down To Earth speaks to Salman Zafar, founder of West Asian environmental group, EcoMENA on the green challenges facing the tiny Gulf nation of …
Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warming: Study
Earth’s energy is out of balance; planet to warm more if imbalance persists or increases, paper warns
Black soil in red: Climate change threatens world’s food basket
FAO report finds most black soils moderate to severely eroded due to land-use change, unsustainable practices
COP27 diary (November 14): Global shield against climate risks for loss and damage launched
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Vector-borne diseases may shift base with warmer temperatures
Stanford researchers say climate change will increase risk of vector-borne diseases spreading to countries characterised by cooler climate till now
What’s driving food prices in new normal climate?
Monsoon as a unitary weather phenomenon is no more a valid indicator for food prices as its progress and distribution have changed completely
How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
The impacts of a changing climate are becoming more evident, with unusual weather events having become the norm rather than the exception
Managed decline of fossil fuel production needed to meet climate change target
Carbon emissions from the oil, gas and coal in the currently operating fields and mines are enough to take the world beyond 2°C of warming
'All these sites have multiple stresses affecting them. Climate change only adds to that'
Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Deputy Director for Climate and Energy and lead author of UNESCO’s recent report on World …
What India should do to tackle climate impacts
All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally
Forests feel the heat
Photosynthetic rate of forests in high elevation areas across the world has been falling since 1990s
Polarising the polar
Ravaged by global warming, an ice-free Arctic is going to become the next battleground for economic hegemony
Thirty Million, a documentary on Bangladesh and that sinking feeling
This documentary by Daniel Price and Adrien Taylor explores the adverse impact of climate change on Bangladesh' landscape, food security and …
Water & climate emergency: A fluid future
Climate change is disrupting the water cycle and severely affecting those who live in already water-stressed areas
Climate communication: Why it is so important in today’s world
Climate communication can demystify climate change and create awareness in a language that can be understood, empathised with and acted upon
Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity
Loss in forest cover, change in rainfall patterns, human interventions may together set in motion irreversible patterns
US Elections 2020: What is at stake for climate change tomorrow?
A win for Biden is the best-case scenario currently for the climate movement; it is the lesser of two evils
Even 0.5°C more global warming can have big climate impacts
A new study has shown that limiting global warming to 2°C instead of 1.5°C would result in longer heat waves and more extreme rainfall events
Climate change may be driving changes in India's northeast monsoon
In recent years, the shifting patterns of the southwest monsoon and its implications have been spoken about extensively, but the northeast …
World's first digital map of the ocean floor released
This interactive map will help scientists study the impact of global warming on oceans
Final warning
The influence of human activities on the climate is clear and growing. If left unchecked, global warming will have an irreversible impact on …
Trump must confront climate challenge, but will he?
People in the US must turn up the heat on Donald Trump so that he doesn’t water down Obama's environmental agenda
‘Ganga basin temperatures to rise by 1-2°C by 2050’
Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands, …
Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?
A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …
King Coal is dethroned in the US – and that's good news for the environment
For the first time ever, natural gas overtook coal as the top source of US electricity generation