When climate change and other emergencies threaten where we live, how will we manage our retreat?

Developing the new legislation will involve difficult decisions about why, when, how and where retreats take place — and at whose cost

Lateral Thoughts: We are dealing with a genius virus

The nuts and bolts of virus variants and why SARS-CoV-2 is different from other vaccine preventable viral diseases  

Death of 200 chickens at Odisha farm stokes bird flu fears

Authorities have collected samples for testing and trained local poultry farmers to detect sick birds

Corporate social responsibility practices in the times of COVID-19: A study of India’s BFSI sector

Banking, finance and insurance firms must understand the areas in which the society needs action and focus on them

COVID-19 warriors: How Assam’s Mishings brought agroforestry back into practice

A village in Assam escapes unemployment and food scarcity by reviving an ancient food forestry practice

COVID-19: Headline management will not work

If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …

COVID-19: ‘It is easy to blame bats than to look at ourselves’

Bat expert Tigga Kingston flags societal behaviour, human prejudice amid increasing vilification of bats for novel coronavirus

Airports Authority sets new guidelines for aircraft to operate post-lockdown

Airports will have to provide a host of facilities once the lockdown lifts and passengers are allowed to fly

How COVID-19 has jammed South India’s jackfruit economy

With no harvest, contractors, farmers, transporters and labourers are suffering huge losses

‘Sumbiotude’: A new word in the tiny (but growing) vocabulary for our emotional connection to the environment

Sumbiotude is the exact opposite of solitude: It involves contemplation and completion of a lifespan with the loving companionship of humans and …

COVID-19: ‘Miniscule traces’ of novel coronavirus found in Paris’ non-potable water

It is essential that wastewater and sewage workers should use standard practices, practice basic hygiene precautions, and wear personal …

Global Eco Watch: Lions cat nap on Kruger road, with South Africa in lockdown

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

COVID-19: Odisha’s Subarnapur sets example by treating stranded migrants with dignity

The district administration, along with non-profits is helping provide food and essentials to migrants from other districts and states

COVID19: Give-and-take ensures unhindered sugar operations in south Gujarat

Sugar production has continued in the region due to traditional interdependence, despite a complete halt in other sectors

COVID-19: North Africa most affected in entire continent with 68% of all deaths

Algeria reports 173 deaths, the most in all of Africa

COVID-19: More than 500 migrant workers in Nepal escape quarantine

They protested congestion, lack of basic facilities at quarantine centre

Is there any upside to COVID-19

The lockdown has affected our economy, business, daily earnings of many workers and farmers. There are, however, a few positive aspects.

COVID-19: Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda writes to chief ministers over livelihood of tribals

It is imperative to initiate proactive measures for the well-being of tribes, the minister writes

COVID-19: Why ICMR okayed hydroxychloroquine as preventive med

Hydroxychloroquine has been found to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory studies

Learning from COVID-19: Here’s what is needed to prepare for the next global health emergency

A new pandemic may already be on the horizon as highly pathogenic avian influenza is raising growing alarm

World Veterinary Day 2020: How animal welfare by vets can help prevent future outbreaks

Poor animal welfare standards in the food chain is instrumental to the origin of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

COVID-19 lockdown crisis for migrant workers: What states are doing

Some states exhibit higher standards of human values while helping migrant workers

COVID-19: Nepal families wait for bodies of workers who died abroad

Families not getting a chance to hold funerals for their loved ones

What just happened to the price of oil?

There is no guarantee the problems of storage evident in the US won’t spread to other markets  

How Antarctica’s exceptional status is slipping away

COVID-19 pandemic showed that Antarctica’s isolation and remoteness cannot protect it from events in the rest of the world