DIRTY WATER

Coastal trouble

As the lines blur

State of global coastal adaptation: Mumbai scores lower than Konkan, Ghoramara, Puri in adaptation efforts

Mumbai's adaptation strategies did not accurately assess risks or specifically consider the adaptation needs of its vulnerable inhabitants

Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat

In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise 

Goa bans plastic bags

Odisha’s climate refugees: Last man standing at Satabhaya

Prafulla Lenka, a 47-year-old resident of Odisha’s Satabhaya village, is tenaciously holding on even as his village has almost disappeared …

These are India’s climate hotspots

India is home to 72% of the 750 million people exposed to climate change hazards in South Asia

Coastal flooding may double by 2030, new study finds

Tropical regions of the world, including cities like Mumbai and Kochi in India, are more vulnerable to coastal flooding 

Fish in troubled waters

Several fish species in Kerala are threatened by overfishing and the release of effluents in the coastal waters

Troubled times

As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir

As told to parliament (December 9, 2021): Yamuna ammonia pollution affects Delhi water supply

All that was discussed in the House through the day

ANTI-AQUA

Call of the ocean

Uppada: On the frontline of the sea’s war on the Andhra coast

Uppada village in East Godavari District has lost over 127 acres of land in sea-erosion in the last four decades

Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the …

Fisherfolk to strike work

ECOLOGY PROTECTION

Value lost in sea

Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

Twelve islands we studied in a low wave energy area of Solomon Islands experienced little noticeable change in shorelines despite being exposed …

God's own country

This is a true story of the beautiful state of Kerala, of its famed backwaters and wetlands, of its rain-swept Western Ghats. It also speaks of …

Shrinking coastline

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 10, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

This week from the world of science and environment

The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …

Fisher people pushed to the edge

Development along coasts has left little space for fishing communities to carry out their activities. Their catch is also diminishing because of …