Disaster Risk Reduction Day: No progress in last decade to help people with disabilities cope with disaster, UN reports
Around 84% people with disabilities surveyed said they were were not informed of personal preparedness plans
As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future
Some scientists have suggested this year could mark a regime shift for Antarctic sea ice
Carbon removal: Why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2°C
A decade provides a realistic window to develop the processes needed to reach net zero
The Nipah virus in Kerala may have mutated due to climatic stress: Expert
Urbanisation could cause spillover from other states, scientist says
DTE Coverage of Africa Climate Summit 2023
Three-day summit ended with 'Nairobi declaration'; but not everyone is happy
Not Cherrapunji or Mawsynram, Rishikesh was India’s wettest town for most of August 2023
Between August 1 and August 25, the town received 1,901 millimetres of rainfall
Maharashtra’s Raigad hit by landslide, 16 dead
More than 100 people are feared to be trapped under debris
Simply Put: Emission causes cyclones
Mocha: Most models predict storm will strike Myanmar. Is the country prepared?
The country’s last major cyclone, Nargis in 2008, claimed over 84,000 lives
The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
The proposal to add an Anthropocene Epoch to the geological time scale was rejected for a variety of reasons, none of them related to the fact …
East Africa is losing its glaciers at astonishing speed, all on Kilimanjaro retreating
Compared to previous estimations, the overall area has declined by more than a half of its early 21st-century extent
Chile forest fires: Why does Chile face deadly forest fires every year?
Chile has been undergoing a decade-long drought season since 2010
Icon of the Seas: Is the world’s largest cruise ship environment friendly?
It runs on LNG and can leak some of it directly into the atmosphere as methane, a greenhouse gas worse for the climate in the short term …
Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’
What we are experiencing in warming winter syndrome is a consistent and robust set of symptoms on a fevered planet; overall, people just about …
Albatrosses are threatened with extinction — and climate change could put their nesting sites at risk
Marion and Prince Edward islands support about half of the entire world’s wandering albatross breeding population, estimated at around 20,…
Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report
Released days ahead of COP28, the report sees global event as a critical opportunity to finally put children on the climate change agenda
Sikkim, the land blessed by Guru Rinpoche, is being destroyed by anthropogenic activity: Yishey Doma
The author of several books on Sikkimese religion, folklore and culture speaks with Down To Earth in the light of the South Lhonak Lake disaster
Sikkim: Chungthang dam breach another reminder of climate risks associated with hydropower
As parts of the dam washed away due to glacial lake outburst, it reportedly released an alarming 5.08 million cubic metres of water from its reservoir
Dengue: Heavy rains during July 2023 led to outbreaks across India
Down To Earth analysis suggests climate factors to have contributed to vector-borne disease outbreaks
Giant sea lizards: Fossils in Morocco reveal astounding diversity of marine life 66 mn years ago
Far from declining at the end of the Cretaceous, marine reptiles — especially mosasaurs — evolved to become increasingly diverse
Australia heatwave: New South Wales authorities report facing worst bushfire risk since ‘Black Summer’
Australia officially declares El Nino is underway as Sydney set to break September temperature records
‘We still know very little about the cryosphere’
Down To Earth speaks to Rodica Nitu, head, Global Cryosphere Watch at the World Meteorological Organization
How climate change is killing languages
Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in …
Oceans cool the planet by releasing short-lived halogens that contribute 8-10 per cent of cooling: Study
Cooling by halogens could increase to 18-31 per cent by 2100 which has not been accounted yet by climate models
Ecopoetry is artistic resistance, says K Satchidanandan
In a conversation with Down To Earth, the bilingual poet speaks profoundly on the capitalist idea of development and consumerist madness …