More robust measures needed to minimise disaster impact in Lake Victoria Basin: Study
There must be adequate monitoring along with appropriate conservation actions in order to minimise impacts of climate change on the lake’s …
This UP lake continues to stink despite over Rs 300 cr spent on cleaning it
Lack of funds to operate sewage treatment plants around the lake, locals say only boating area cleaned regularly
Water every other day: Bengaluru is drying up & destruction of lakes is the reason
City is now dependent on Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir, which received only 75% of its usual inflow last due to poor rainfall in River Cauvery …
As told to Parliament (March 29, 2023): No report of starvation deaths from states, UTs, claims minister
All that was discussed in the House through the day
DTE Coverage: Sikkim Disaster 2023, as it happened
Down To Earth covered the unfolding disaster of the South Lhonak Lake bursting from various angles
How we conducted a feasibility study of water bodies in Faridabad
One should take advantage of available digital interfaces or create one by uploading all data in a systematic way so that the knowledge is in the …
India needs to conserve waterbodies and value them
Let’s not destroy our waterbodies in the name of development and rather value their importance
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 10, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Most internal displacement in East Africa’s Burundi due to rise of Lake Tanganyika
Hundreds of displaced families surveyed said they have no hope of returning home
Nepal’s first hydropower from a glacial lake
Turning global warming into opportunity, melting Himalayan glacier is harnessed for electricity
Climate change, conflict: What is fuelling the Lake Chad crisis
Climate change, religious conlficts and economic crisis have taken toll on people and environment
Avian botulism killed 18,000 birds at Sambhar: Govt report
The report by IVRI, Bareilly, states that climatic conditions were ultimately responsible for having triggered the mass die-off
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)
Over 100 active permafrost structures identified in Jhelum basin, can cause catastrophic disasters in future: Study
Active rock glaciers in Kashmir Himalayas also hold significant volumes of water, which underlines the need to explore their hydrological …
Sikkim’s Chungthang dam collapse signals the need for dam safety & emissions reduction
Any hydroelectric project situated downstream of unstable lakes carries the risk of being washed away.
The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
The proposal to add an Anthropocene Epoch to the geological time scale was rejected for a variety of reasons, none of them related to the fact …
Beware Hyderabad, a flood is in the making
Telangana repeals 1996 order, allows construction on 2 reservoirs that have saved Hyderabad from floods for over a century
The ripple effect: A report from Kodai’s beloved lake
Through community partnership, Kodaikanal’s residents are working with the municipality to find real solutions for the evolving needs of …
Sikkim, the land blessed by Guru Rinpoche, is being destroyed by anthropogenic activity: Yishey Doma
The author of several books on Sikkimese religion, folklore and culture speaks with Down To Earth in the light of the South Lhonak Lake disaster
World past Holocene Epoch; Anthropocene began in 1950, say scientists
The Anthropocene Working Group proposes Crawford Lake near Toronto as a designated geological repository of evidence, marking the transition into …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 2, 2023)
Enabling state machinery to protect Delhi’s wetlands: Operationalising state wetland authority
Protecting Delhi’s wetlands will not only improve the environmental quality of the city but will also enhance local water resources
Healthy rivers: How DNA tool can help keep tabs on freshwater quality
DNA technologies have revolutionised the amount of data generated from a single river sample
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 30, 2020)
Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts
Not only are bird species not monitored properly but information about instances of their mass death is suppressed, they allege