Your future food will be grown with waste water
If used properly, waste water can provide important nutrients for plant growth and act as a replacement for mineral fertilisers
Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution
The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution
How corruption encourages illegal fishing on Lake Victoria
By encouraging illegal fishing to continue, corruption is undermining the comanagement system implemented to encourage more sustainable practices
Call for business unusual
What has happened in Kerala is also happening across the world. It is an uncomfortable fact that we do not have a semblance of the plan to deal …
How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger
The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected
How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health
Oxygen isotope values of fish ear bones gives information on the temperature of the water, while studying concentrations of trace elements …
Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science
Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles
Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose
Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change
There are alternatives to dams, but we are not talking about them: experts
India is the third largest dam-building nation in the world after China and the US, but despite that its annual per capita water storage capacity …
Rapid urbanisation in Delhi-NCR creating heat stress, abetting climate change
Urbanisation has exacerbated air pollution levels, shrunk water bodies, increased temperature and heat emissions
India’s criminal wastage: over 10 million works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned
Since April 2014, the rate of work completion has been declining at rapid pace, indicating that crucial assets for villages are not getting created
Strawberry fields aren't forever
Vertical farms, the successful marriage of agriculture with industry, are the farms of the future
Mumbai, Kerala most affected by marine litter; microplastics pose a major threat
For the first time, the researchers have compiled 1,237 scientific studies on marine litter into a single, comprehensive database
Sea through the eyes of fisherfolk
Fishers know something about the marine environment that others don’t, says marine ecologist Divya Karnad
Indonesia and Australia are sleeping ocean superpowers
The two countries share huge marine resources and opportunities, but they face challenges from climate change and over-exploitation
Hydrogen could become the new fuel for cooking – here's how
Air pollution from burning firewood and charcoal is the fourth-biggest killer in many countries
Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats
When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline
California finds huge groundwater reserves; experts urge caution
The study has led to a debate in the scientific community over the utilisation of these groundwater resources in the drought-hit state
Beijing is sinking due to excessive groundwater extraction
A new study has found a direct correlation between depression in the surface and pumping out of groundwater
Bundelkhand’s goats dying due to mysterious disease
The animals are the only hope of livelihood for the region’s drought-affected farmers
Creation of water harvesting structures: Will the Centre achieve the target?
The Centre has announced the construction of half a million dug wells and farm ponds to tackle drought
Dam the drought
From drought-hit Jharkhand, an inspiring story of a village that became water-secure more than 30 years ago
Map shows India at top of climate violence
Conflicts related to water management appear highest in India with 59 cases, followed by conflicts in fossil fuels and climate justice
Rising demand for coffee can create economic rift with poorer nations
Mass production has created harsher economic and ecological conditions in major coffee-growing nations
Kerala's protected, yet polluted lake
Though Kerala's Ashtamudi lake is a Ramsar site, government bodies and industries continue to pollute it