Factsheet: Who is emitting?
As per analysis of the Washington DC-based global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) for 2011, China, comprising almost 20 per …
Remote Sensing: Smart policing of emissions on-road
India needs smarter and effective policing of emissions on road to reduce public health risk
‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’
Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …
STEMming brain drain in COVID-19 era
Brain drain is likely to re-emerge as an important conflict of interest between source and recipient countries
What is ‘heat dome’, the phenomenon causing record temperatures across US?
‘Heat domes’ have also been associated with unusually warm periods in India, Bangladesh, China and some other Asian countries
Pharma’s dirty deals to stall generics
As generic companies, including Indian firms, collude with innovator pharma giants in pay-for-delay pacts, consumers pay a high price
COVID-19: India set to overtake China's total tally
Country to be among the most affected; upward trend in number of deaths, infections continue
What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?
The yield curve is a graph showing the relationship between interest rates earned on lending money for different durations
World is at risk if anti-abortion laws are made stronger in the US
The Alabama Human Life Protection Act was supported by more than 20 male senators in a state, where women make up 51.5 per cent of the population
Some good news for beleaguered Vaquita and Sumatran Rhino
While the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a preliminary ban on Mexican seafood imports to save the Vaquita, the first wild …
Trophy hunters take aim at Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears
Last summer, the Trump administration removed the bears off the Endangered Species Act list of threatened species, paving the way for states to …
India’s very own Dust Bowl
Rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, depleting groundwater, unsustainable agriculture and deforestation are turning large parts of …
Political turmoil in 2016 can be traced back to 2008 financial crisis
Here is a highlight of key political and economic developments across the globe in 2016 and a look at future prospects
Revenge of the rich
Trump's election reflects the anger of the rich who did not get richer. This inequity is also at the core of the climate change challenge
Drug companies are buying doctors – for as little as a $16 meal
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of …
The boat people
Thousands of people in Bihar are trapped between the Kosi and its embankments. They have been suffering for decades. But the state government is …
The real bad news
The most prosperous regions and communities in India have a bias against the female sex. Religion-based data shows us the biggest development …
Click to test air quality
Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s …
Myth of eternity
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CoP26 report card: Forests need implementation, not declarations alone
The fund pledged way below what is needed to achieve goals, 10 times being pumped into companies driving deforestation
Forced migration left indigenous Americans more exposed to climate change: Study
Present-day tribal lands in the US are exposed to more heat and precipitation as well as fires
Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the Gulf of Mexico — here’s what happened
Edies during the hurricane season can spell disaster for coastal communities around the Gulf
Passing the buck: No deaths due to lack of oxygen reported by states, Centre says
At least 619 deaths were reported due to shortage of medical oxygen in May 2021 according to website Datameet
How our detergent footprint is polluting aquatic ecosystems
Nonylphenol, a hazardous chemical present in detergents, is known to enter water bodies and the food chains
Drying planet: Drought has become a truly planetary disaster in 2022
Climate change is fuelling the intensity of drought in already vulnerable regions while tightening its grip on not-so-vulnerable areas