Will the Arctic be conquered?

US Pacific Northwest deluged with rain, snow due to ‘Bomb Cyclone’

Two people killed in greater Seattle; heavy rain and snow pound all major cities of California, Washington and Oregon, recently plagued with wildfires

Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more

Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors  

Arctic Report Card 2023: Wildfires to melting sea ice, warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across Arctic

Time spent at fish camps is critical for many Alaska Indigenous cultures & kids are missing out on that experience  

Global Eco Watch: Dust causing rapid snow and ice melt in western Himalayas

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

Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary

‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …

International Snow Leopard Day: Of snow leopards and domestic dogs

‘Man’s best friend’ has become a big threat for the charismatic cat in Ladakh, as this account shows

May 2021 was the sixth-warmest May on record, says NOAA

2021 could be among the top 10 hottest years on record, says report

Eight Western Lowland Gorillas at US safari park down with COVID-19

They are the first known cases of great apes to be infected by the virus

Sun lighting up the valley

Solar lighting systems have brightened up the gloomy winters of Himachal Pradesh's Mayad valley

Melting mountain

Towering problem: Nepal seeks international help to measure Everest

China has often contested the present height. It says the world’s highest mountain peak is four metre shorter

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

Melting season in Arctic longer by about five days: NASA report

An ice-free Arctic Ocean during the summer might be reached this century, say experts

Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change

Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada 

The Arctic carbon sink

Snow covered plants in the tundra start absorbing carbon dioxide in early spring itself

Changing climes

Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …

Collapse of Canada’s last remaining ice shelf raises global warming fears

The Milne ice shelf lost more than 40 per cent of its ice over two days end of July

Drop in air pollution in India during 2020 nationwide lockdown slowed snow melting in Himalayas, finds study

Snow & ice melt reduced by more than 27 million tonnes compared to 2019

Fatal fashion

Cashmere fetish causing extinctions in Central Asia

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

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

Latest IPCC report clinches evidence of human-induced climate change

South Asia

Call of the phantom

Government fails to effectively execute Project Snow Leopard