The new rise of Nauru: can the island bounce back from its mining boom and bust?

As the island aims to develop sustainably, there are signs of the green shoots of recovery

'Environment is not a matter of luxury; it is one of survival'

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain, named as one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine, calls for support to environmentalism …

Greening the industry

The Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE) releases the environmental rating of the pulp and paper sector. Participants laud CSE efforts …

Not fine!

Once again the Supreme Court cracks the whip on erring ministries. This time it is accompanied by a fine

Wooing the opposition

US diplomacy carries home another offering to please their Senate -- an agreement on energy and climate change with China

India faces severe decline in farmland trees, major losses in Maharashtra and Telangana

Study notes that trees such as jackfruit, jamun, mahua, neem and others offer shade and other livelihood to small farmers

Why are Bangladesh’s Sundarbans catching fire? Reduced water inflow, increasing dry areas may be the cause

The mangroves have caught fire 25 times in last 22 years; Inquiry panel recommendations like digging of canals and ponds necessary to prevent …

India has lost over 1,500 sq km of land to ‘catastrophic’ soil erosion

New research finds Assam the worst affected, lost close to 300 square kilometres of topsoil

Simply Put: The ‘civilisation bus’

Ethos of a sinking space: Fishers in Sundarbans surmount tiger attacks, bureaucracy to earn livelihoods

They also struggle with dwindling fish stocks and unknown fish diseases 

DTE launches annual ‘State of India’s Environment In Figures’

Annual book comes ahead of Environment Day & amid Stockholm+50

Damming biodiversity

Powerful projects

A minister warns environmentalists to stay away from power projects

Simply Put: Aarey online-offline

Cyclone Tauktae: At least 25 killed in west coast, widespread devastation in Gujarat

As many as 122 COVID-19 hospitals in the affected areas faced power outages

Massive forest fire in Mizoram

Beijing’s ‘sandstorm’ was actually a dust storm — and that’s much worse

Smaller, lighter dust particles may travel much, much further than sand. 

Simply Put: New Education Policy

Simply Put: COVID-19 and the Earth

Heatwave in north India: How much is too much

Here's what you need to know about extreme heat

What are western disturbances?

Here's a prime on this wind that come from the west towards India

Scientists have tracked El Nino occurrences of over 400 years. What does this mean for India?

This study is important to understand the frequency and impact of El Nino

Sulphuric acid leak in Sterlite plant: 50,000 litres to be shifted to a safe destination

The sterlite plant used to sell about 600,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid

Himalaya unwrapped

The science, culture and politics that shaped the world's youngest mountain range

A friendship cemented by climate change

India and USA have signed a statement to strengthen cooperation on clean energy