Toys may not be all that harmless

For a clean ganga

Hunt on for toxins in toys

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

Hussain Sagar goes to toxic waste

Five years on, no progress on project to clean 16th century lake

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Brain drain

Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study

‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’

Researcher Shailza Sharma explains flood dynamics in Peninsular India using actual river flow data

Moneymakers

Climate impacts in Angola: Green harvests to be slightly below average, shows analysis

The late and varied pattern of rain is negatively affecting crop growth in Angola, report notes

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 20, 2023)

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

Heavy metal out there: Researchers detect barium in atmospheres of 2 exoplanets

Discovery of barium is surprising because heavy elements like barium are expected to quickly fall into the lower layers of the atmosphere

State of Extreme Weather: How was January-April 2023 compared to January-April 2022

In the first four months of 2023, at least 33 states/UTs reported extreme weather events. In contrast, 27 states/UTs recorded extreme …

Flash floods in Dharamshala after heavy rains in Kangra district

Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, where Dharamsala is located, recorded actual rainfall of 79.4 millimetres within 12 hours whereas the normal …

Typhoon Koppu brings severe floods to Philippines

Till now, the slow-moving typhoon has killed two people and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes

Low exposure, high risk

Finds study on common contaminants

In Short

Meta Outstripped

The pace of construction at a controversial copper plant in Goa has not slackened despite protests from the people and the church

Science & Technology - Briefs

Adulterated milk floods Maharashtra

Heavy rains, flooding in north Italy claim 8 lives; thousands evacuated

An average of 200 mm of rainfall happened in the last 36 hours

Simply put: How to solve the Cauvery water dispute

Heat on in solar thermal power project

Twin talents

MONEYMAKERS

Angry river: How Jiadhal in Assam’s Dhemaji is changing livelihoods

The Jiadhal flooded, not once or twice, but several times in 2020. Flood plains were damaged, houses washed away. A solution, however, …