Analysing climate change in 2016

Last year was bad for our planet. Here’s a round-up of things that jeopardised us

Climate impact on health: India’s heat-related deaths went up by 55%, finds Lancet data

Countries, companies continue to make choices threatening health of the people

Iodine drives substantial ground-level ozone loss in Arctic, climate change altering natural processes: Study

Such high concentrations of Iodine was not seen in Arctic before, say scientists

World Overshoot Day: World has already overshot nature’s budget for rest of the year

This has happened in just seven months this year

Global unemployment projected to stand at 207 million in 2022: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021

Global Eco Watch: Will Britain fall, ask folklorists after raven disappears from the Tower of London

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

Climate change impact on agriculture leads to 1.5 per cent loss in India’s GDP

By 2030, rice and wheat are likely to see about 6-10 per cent decrease in yields

Three reasons to be cheerful about limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees

Amid the gloom, here are some hopeful signs that we can meet our climate obligations

Ocean warming ‘hiding’ effects of global warming

Indian, Pacific Oceans have been trapping more heat than previously thought

Climate notes

Impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

Goodbye maples, pines

Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear

Out of wind

Baby's days are out

It's pack-up time for around 12,000 two-stroke baby taxis in Dhaka

Bytes

Scientists say palm trees can predict climate change

Glaciers in the tropics are threatened

Antarctica's volcanic hot seat

‘1.5°C target far from perfect’: Renewed focus on Paris global warming goal as COP28 nears

Figure was reached at three decades ago; also, different regions warm at their own rates

Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?

India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries 

Cyclones, doubts and monsoon

An early monsoon breaks a few myths

Bad chemistry

Asbestos, agribusiness get a leg up

Another co2alition of the willing?

Over 77 countries saw highest average temperature in 2023 in close to 5 decades: Report

Central America, parts of South America, southern Africa and western Australia face highest risk of developing or intensifying drought

In 2023, for the first time ever, each day was at least 1°C warmer. Why this is worrying

Close to 50% of the days in 2023 were 1.5°C warmer than 1850-1900, compared to just over 20% in 2016

What do the COP28 negotiations mean for developing countries?

Developed countries need to take accountability so developing countries can reinvent their growth strategies