‘Climate change has nothing to do with ideologies’: Europe battles wildfires

More people have died of heat-related causes in Spain between May 1 and July 15 of this year, than during the entirety of 2021

COVID-19: Life expectancy losses in western Europe comparable to WWII

Life expectancy reduced by over 1 year in 11 countries for men and 8 for women  

Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll

More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires 

How John Kerry can bring US back in climate fight ring

The US is on track to re-join the Paris Agreement. Kerry brings to table the clout and connections associated with being former president Barack …

Lateral Thoughts: A paradigm change in clinical trials

The rich and famous are clamouring to get the ‘experimental’ COVID-19 vaccine

Fashion needs to ditch fossil fuels in supply chain. A new report shows the way

The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined

Small step, wrong direction

CDM ensures that the first step taken in Kyoto towards a climate change convention was actually in the wrong direction. The Kyoto Protocol, the '…

Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE

CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …

Trump’s remark on India’s coal usage highly misleading

This is the second time that US has blamed India and China for pulling out of the climate agreement

Hudhud, Kashmir flooding 2014’s costliest catastrophes, says report

While Hudhud caused $11 billion worth of damages, the flooding in the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir was worth $18 billion

When supervisors cheat

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‘How can India be a defendant, and not a claimant in the Bhopal case’

Union law minister, Veerappa Moily, on October 27, announced the government will not pursue the ongoing lawsuit in the US for compensating Bhopal …

New study can help improve earthquake prediction

An equation developed by researchers brings back focus on earthquake prediction

The last over 4-minute-long ‘total solar eclipse’ in the US was used by Tecumseh to unite indigenous Americans

Tecumseh’s brother, Tenskwatawa, an influential shaman, predicted an eclipse on June 16, 1806; it happened, and indigenous people united …

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 8 million mark

Global tally crosses 44 million mark

Global Eco Watch: Atlantic Salmon returning to Maine river after dam removals

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

WTO finally sides with the US; terms India’s solar conditions ‘inconsistent’

India had appealed against an earlier decision of WTO which favoured the US

Grains of culture

Why China lost out to Europe in industrialisation

Microbes hold the key

Bacteria could play a crucial role in restoring fertile prairies in North America

Fighting fire with fire

Side effects of a drug can be subdued by using another

Women interrupted

Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline

Winds not favourable

Turbines can increase local temperatures

Carbon suckers

Mangroves store four times more carbon than other forests

EXCLUSIVE: Eben Moglen says freedom depends on the Net

Beware of even democratic regimes which want to wiretap

Double standards