COP28: Initial text on Global Goal on Adaptation rejected by developing countries
Down To Earth’s Akshit Sangomla discusses the negotiations regarding the Global Goal on Adaptation
The challenge at COP28 really is to have clean language saying “phase out” all fossil fuels: Minal Pathak
Down To Earth talks to Minal Pathak, associate professor at Ahmedabad University and senior scientist of Working Group III of the …
Targeted methane mitigation can avoid 0.1°C warming in 2050, should be adopted with decarbonisation efforts: Report
These solutions are also estimated to be cost-effective, says IEA-UNEP
Queen of rain no more: How Karnataka’s Agumbe lost to little-known Udupi towns
Nadpal and Mudradi received more rain than Agumbe this monsoon
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
In six out of nine vital life support systems, we have blown well past the safe zone
Here are some ways to reduce carbon footprint of cement industry
More than 99 per cent of the greenhouse gases emitted from the manufacturing process is CO2
Climate change may cause up to 38% decline of low & mid latitude deodar trees
Droughts and heat stress may also cause infestation in trees, research notes
Arctic sea ice cover hits its worst record for 2018
It is the sixth lowest ice cover ever, says NASA
Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths
An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community
By 2100, heat waves in South Asia could be too deadly to survive: study
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to be the most severely hit
Why are we sweating in Shillong?
Because temperatures in India’s biodiversity hotspot are on the rise
A new dawn for humanity? COP27 ends; loss and damage fund, other agendas adopted
Low-emission energy to reduce emissions added to Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan
COP27: Expert Group zeroes in on weak net zero targets; asks industries to speed up
Indian companies under scanner, prefer to play an wait-and-watch game
Infographic: How the Indian Himalayan region has been altered by climate change
The mean temperature of the Himalayas has gone up by 0.6°C in the past 30 years
Multiple troughs, La Nina: Why Bengaluru is flooding repeatedly this monsoon
City received large excess rainfall in 5 of 13 weeks this monsoon
Hot nights due to climate change will increase death rate by six times: Study
Disrupted sleeping pattern can damage the immune system
Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Read DTE’s in-depth coverage
Climate litigations: Global South catching up with hotspot United States
Annual volume of cases doubled since Paris agreement; few in India
Heavy rainfall due to climate change increasing landslides, say experts
73% of landslides in the Himalayas due to heavy rains, low absorbtion into the ground
Simply Put: Home delivery of a river
Lightning activity in the European Eastern Alps doubled in 40 years. What does this indicate?
Higher frequency of thunderstorms that bring lightning have a link with global warming
Kolkata records warmest June night as 7 Bengal districts among country’s 26 facing heatwave
Real feel in Kolkata under sun was 51°C on June 13, 2023
Biporjoy: Cyclonic storm develops over Arabian Sea, could make landfall in Pakistan or Oman
This is the first cyclone to form in June since 2020
Earth’s energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?
The Earth will continue to warm as long as this energy imbalance persists
Mocha and the ever-growing fiasco we are pushing ourselves into
Will the Anthropocene be the shortest era in history?