Climate opportunity: How did Rajasthan harvest rainwater after the early monsoon of 2023?
The rains of May and June 2023 broke records of the last 100 years for western Rajasthan districts. The villagers turned this havoc of rain into …
Centralisation of powers, diluted laws: Weak Water Act further diluted by latest amendments, say experts
Environment minister claims impetus to industries, improvement of environment protection while moving bill in Parliament
World Wetlands Day 2024: Before we save them, we have to know where they actually are
Correct mapping and boundary demarcation are critical steps in the wetland restoration process
Book Excerpt: India ignored its aqua ‘geography of histories’, favouring the terra
For a great many people even today, the sea is a very distant object
Bengaluru: NGT seeks responses on alleged encroachments in Pattandur Agrahara lake’s buffer zone
The case adds to the ongoing challenges faced by civic authorities and environmental activists in preserving Bengaluru’s water bodies and …
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Sewage discharge in Ganga: NGT orders Uttarakhand PCB to take criminal action against officials concerned
Just half of total sewage generated daily in 13 districts treated properly before being dumped in river
Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson
Down To Earth speaks to specialist in Soviet and Russian history about the impact of two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Dnipro river
Climate impact: Water storage projected to decrease across wetter lands around Caspian, Mediterranean seas
Water storage may see increase in West Asia and North Africa; solar geoengineering method worsens conditions, finds study
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 19, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 26, 2024)
UN warns surge of preventable child deaths in Gaza as malnutrition levels spike
1 in 6 children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2024)
How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences
Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)
Water ATMs were introduced in Ghana — and are changing the way people can access this vital resource
Powered by solar energy, most water ATMs are designed to operate 24 hours a day
‘Harvesting water from air can help reimagine water infrastructure for humanity this century’
Founder of Bengaluru-based startup explains how sustainable the technology is
75 years of people’s power: These Maharashtra villages practice ‘best out of grey water’
Households are connected to the treatment system through a drainage network
World Water Day: Are we ready for the thirsty future?
Local water management is crucial
Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament
Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024
Climate change and water: Upside down
Redesign the water sequence to bring equity in supply
Water, Africa's Gold: How water is now more expensive than food in parts of the Continent
Simply Put: Abode of the clouds
India’s water crisis: It is most acute for women
The water crisis is a women’s issue and feminists need to talk about it
US now calls water scarcity a national security issue: An expert explains how serious it can be
In many cases, disasters could be prevented with proper water management