CoP26 report card: Methane’s role in global warming in sharp focus for the first time
105 countries signed pledge to cut emission, 3 biggest emitters didn't join
US-based economists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking work with ‘natural experiments’
Their approach has revolutionised empirical research, says Nobel committee
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
A third of US reels under drought
Likely to experience dry spell till at least October
Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally
As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support
Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
The Rio Grande isn’t just a border — it’s a river in crisis
The river is in decline, suffering from overuse, drought and contentious water rights negotiations
Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change
Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada
Debt crisis and gap in affordable climate finance in focus at IMF, World Bank meeting
Spring Meetings 2023 took place from April 10-16, 2023 in Washington DC
Climate change could hit India, 58 other nations’ credit ratings
Countries ranking higher on sovereign ratings likely to face more severe downgrades
Science of controlling pandemics: Lessons for countries in tackling COVID-19
South Korea took immediate action, while Japan's measures were perplexing
Global Eco Watch: ‘Strongest storm on Earth’ in 2020, slams into the Philippines
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered
These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003
When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?
Carbon dioxide was always essential for our planet, but when did it become too much?
Countries move away from coal even as India moves towards it
Germany, Japan, Spain and the US have all decided to move to renewable energy
Less farms and farmers
The agricultural world is undergoing a historic change: the number of farms coming down sharply while size is increasing. Does it imply …
Alabama ruling frozen embryos are equivalent to living children has worrying implications for IVF
The judgement that in Australia only one embryo is transferred & none frozen is demonstrably false
Copyright legacy of the great
Mahatma Gandhi’s works have been available freely thanks to his copyright philosophy, but not those of Martin Luther King Jr
Thar she blows: An ice-free Northwest Passage has enabled the Gray Whale’s return to New England
Last seen in the age of commercial whaling, an ice-free Passage enabled the species to travel from Pacific to Atlantic
Who are China and US’s new top climate diplomats?
Liu Zhenmin of China and John Podesta of the United States to lead climate negotiations at COP29
North America’s Great Lakes, Earth’s largest freshwater store, record ‘historically low’ ice levels
Above average temperatures, coupled with diminishing blasts of Arctic air have lessened ice in the region; El Nino also responsible for this …
On the precipice
A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may put other climate systems at risk
US is finally trying to rein in drug giants
Biden government’s push to get Big Pharma to reduce the astronomical rates of prescription medicines is significant
Exxon, Apple and other corporate giants will have to disclose all their emissions under California’s new climate laws
Oil and gas companies like Chevron will likely have to account for emissions from vehicles that use their gasoline, and Apple will have to …
Dangerous distractions: World needs to rise above conflicts, both armed & unarmed, to fight against climate change
The unarmed war — between the so-called West and so-called East (US vs China) — is going to make things worse for fight against …