Climate crisis: Uttarakhand may see forest fires round the year

It is winters but state forests are on fire. Experts say lack of soil moisture due to insufficent rainfall aided spread

IN PHOTOS: After Ghazipur, Bhalswa in Delhi is alight

Scientists say the formation of extremely flammable methane in the landfill, coupled with high temperatures could have started the fire

As Amazon burns BlackRock emerges as world’s largest investor in deforestation

The world’s largest institutional investor with US $6.5 trillion in assets is a global leader in financing forest destruction, new report says

Mumbai oil refinery fire brings back focus on spurt in such incidents

Refineries of Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have seen a string of fire incidents in the past two years

Forests are on fire, a little more every day

As many as 35,888 forest fires took place in 2017, which is the highest in the last 14 years

Uttarakhand: 4 arrested for starting fires, policeman dies fighting flames

More than 2,900 hectares of forest have been razed in last three months, and the fires have killed at least four people so far

Third dumpsite fire in a month points to systemic failure of waste management in Delhi

Recent fire at Bhalswa raging for 72 hours; previous two fires at Ghazipur led to spike in air pollution

Indonesia volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 34

Some 3,000 people have been displaced and 38 schools have been destroyed because of the eruption of Mt Sumeru in Indonesia

How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia

A guide to help Australians and their overseas family and friends source useful information and monitor 

Apocalypse? Red skies over Indonesian province due to haze

Scientists have said that the colour is due to a scientific phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering

400% rise in number of floods since 1980; droughts, forest fires doubled since then

In the past three decades years, all climatological, hydrological and meteorological events have increased manifold, says a study

Clean(er) cooking in India: How solid fuels in rural Indian households contribute to climate crisis

Solid cooking fuel use makes up 13% of India’s national GHG emissions but is unaccounted in the national report

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

Himachal Pradesh forest fires: Dhamarshala, Kasauli pine for respite

Extremely high summer temperature and inflammable pine needles causing fire to engulf forests in the state

Fire continues to rage in Uttarakhand forests; locals complain of govt inaction

Forest officials admit that they are facing resource crunch when it comes to tackling forest fires

California’s burning woods are an alarm US can’t ignore

One of the deadliest wildfires in California was triggered by several factors—all pointing to changing climate

Human actions make Amazon rainforest more vulnerable to fire

Rainforests don't normally burn, but in 2015 Brazilian rainforests experienced 19,739 cases of fire

Coal mining in India has a human cost

Communities living close to coal mines in India face the constant threat of fires and land subsidence forcing them to flee  

Excess rainfall in these Indian protected areas offers no relief from wildfires

Over 50% of fire occurrences were reported from 9 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, shows DTE analysis

What is ‘heat dome’, the phenomenon causing record temperatures across US?

‘Heat domes’ have also been associated with unusually warm periods in India, Bangladesh, China and some other Asian countries

Bushfire smoke eats up the ozone protecting us from dangerous radiation. The damage will increase as the world heats up

We’re likely to see falling ozone concentrations in new places rather than just around the South Pole

Don’t assume Pantanal’s jaguars are safe. Here is why

Down To Earth speaks with jaguar expert and conservation scientist Fernando Tortato about the road ahead for jaguars in their stronghold of the …

Anthropogenic emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather: Study

By 2080, greenhouse gases are expected to raise the risk of extreme wildfire by 50%, according to the study

Drought, climate change were kindling; now Australia's east coast ablaze

Most tragic losses in northern NSW: 970,000 hectares burned, 3 dead, at least 150 homes destroyed

Amazon fires declined in September, but deforestation persists: Amazon Watch

The outbreak of fires in the rainforest declined 19.6 per cent compared to the same period last year