Simply put: Food contamination kills 2 million people

Climate talks, at snail's pace

Bengaluru leads India’s march into fastest-growing cities list

Country to occupy 17 of 20 top spots between 2019 and 2035, says recent report

Rising sea

A year of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: How far have we come?

Decisions deferred to 2024; slow progress might make it difficult to meet targets by 2030

GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing

New method takes current methane emissions as baseline to present minor reductions as negative emissions or cooling

Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Climate change unveils new methane source: Groundwater springs of Norway

Emissions to further increase if warming continues, finds study

Can carbon capture be new hope for mitigating CO2 emissions?

NTPC Vindhyachal implements carbon capture technology

COP28 Recap: What was discussed at the Mitigation Work Programme?

The final text agreed on December 13, acknowledges the Global Dialogues and the summary report produced by the Co-Chairs

COP28: Global Stocktake adopted, final text attempts stronger language on fossil fuels

Language calling out production of fossil fuels is now missing — a trade off for not making actions optional

COP28: India spent about Rs 13.35 lakh crore in 2021-22 on climate adaptation

This is just over 5.5 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product

Faster disaster: Climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms

As we continue to warm the planet, we’ll see more flash droughts and more intense ones

Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences

Those who accumulate the most wealth are also the main emitters of greenhouse gases

Simply Put: The real virus

How climate vulnerability in South Bihar takes a toll on its groundwater

Higher unpredictability in monsoon rainfall is evident from the 1990s onwards

World Environmental Health Day: Let’s strengthen environmental health to implement SDGs

Restoring our contaminated ecosystem and biodiversity will help to brush off poverty

Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050

Sahelian countries need $33.16 billion for climate adaptation by 2030

Increasing wildfires, heatwaves to increase ‘climate penalty’, finds WMO study

Asia will suffer the consequences of increased air pollution the most 

Extreme weather unabated: Third-hottest July took Antarctic sea ice to its minimum since 1979

Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest value for July in 44 years

India’s rivers are heating up due to climate change, shows study

River water temperatures may rise up to 7°C in summer by 2070-2100

Nitrogen levels on a decline in ‘nitrogen-rich world’, plants and animals may face consequences: Study

Tropical and boreal forests may be particularly vulnerable

Why is India facing a prolonged heatwave in 2022?

An unexpected climatic anomaly linked to global warming could be the reason

Climate change & mental health: Suicides linked with rise in humidity, says new study

Humidity obstructs the body's natural cooling system 

Transboundary climate change, adaptation risks in Africa over next 10 years of great concern among policymakers: Survey

Insecurity from climate crises perceived as risk with most severe consequences