Biporjoy: Saurashtra, Kutch highly vulnerable to cyclones
Gujarat, with the longest coastline in India and unique climatic conditions, is particularly at risk to cyclones according to the Gujarat …
Endangered Species Day 2023: Elephants to buffaloes, creatures around us that are in danger
Animal conservation in India brings creatures like tigers to mind. But many commonly talked about creatures are in need of public attention as …
Along the Naf: A million Rohingyas could be sitting ducks, with ‘Super Cyclone’ Mocha’s eye passing through their camps
Forget about preparation, many do not know even a cyclone is coming, say locals; India urged to provide regional leadership
Unusual western disturbances in May could be indicative of changing climate
Heavy rain and hailstorms in May were due to six WDs, may interact with monsoon weather systems
Arid conditions in 78% of India; may affect summer crops
Southwest monsoon season in Kerala expected around June 4; 80% chance of El Niño event in May-June-July
Podcast: Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression
Before the colonialists arrived in North America and Bengal, both regions were thriving with healthy, wealthy communities. Here's what happened next
India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women
Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members
Severe Cyclone Remal makes landfall along Bangladesh and West Bengal coasts
Both coasts could be innundated by storm surges a metre high in West Bengal and upto 4 metres high in Bangladesh
‘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
Unusually warm winters, post-monsoon season: DTE analyses IMD report on 2023 as India’s second warmest year ever
All five of India’s warmest years have occurred within the last 14 years; 12 of 13 Himalayan states were 2-4°C warmer than normal …
Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware
The basic criteria for IMD to declare a heatwave currently does not take into account relative humidity, which is increasingly becoming a cause …
Girls in rural India less likely to know how to use smartphones, computers: Survey
Boys more than twice as likely than girls to own their own smartphone, finds ASER 2023
Rural Assam’s water woes show full impact of climate change
Water scarcity is gradually becoming one of the most important issues in Northeast India
UK university academic is lending expertise to cut India’s snakebite deaths
With 50,000 deaths per year from snakebites, India has the world's highest burden
India will be greyer by 2050, women will live longer than men: India Ageing Report 2023
Population statistics usually refer to the population aged 60 or 65 years and above as 'old'
42% Indian graduates under 25 unemployed: Report
The number of unemployed graduates under 25 was double that of youth with just higher secondary education in the same age category
Jowar an ideal alternative to wheat in times of increasing temperatures
Without pragmatic changes in managing how wheat is cultivated in India, the yields are likely to decrease by 5 per cent, the research notes
India’s megacities face soaring temperatures brought on by urbanisation
ACs and automobiles are major contributors to what is known as the urban heat trap
Ominous change: Changing behaviour of western disturbances will impact agriculture; here is how
Sowing of rabi crops in regions that lack irrigation facilities will be affected; similarly, delayed withdrawal could lead to a late harvest, …
‘Dynamic system’: Why Mocha is a storm with a difference
A careful analysis shows that the prediction of the storm’s wind speed has been modified several times in the past 3 days
Bihar: Human-made wetlands Nagi & Nakti recognised under Ramsar Convention
DTE Coverage: Environment in elections
A 9-part series on whether environmental issues are influencing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Regulating types of plastic products in Indian market is crucial to improve recycling
CPCB’s annual report for 2020-2021 had found India recycles only 13% of its plastic waste
After 8 years, IMD forecasts above normal rainfall
If distributed fairly across the country, the forecast should be a cause of cheer
Simply Put: Of textbooks and reality
