Cold waves claimed 76 times as many lives in India as heat waves in 2020
There has been a nearly 2.7 times increase in the number of cold wave days from 2017-2020
Climate crisis: Uttarakhand may see forest fires round the year
It is winters but state forests are on fire. Experts say lack of soil moisture due to insufficent rainfall aided spread
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Heat waves strike south India as north copes with cold
While northern India is witnessing an extended winter season, the southern part of the country started experiencing heat wave conditions on March …
Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention
It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states
This crane flew 4,800 kilometres in 15 days to reach Gujarat on World Migratory Bird Day
‘Vadla’, a female Common Crane, was tagged March 12 this year in Gujarat’s Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, as part of a larger project to …
Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution
The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity
This winter was the cleanest in NCR since 2018, finds CSE; Delhi air most toxic
Delhi-NCR saw lowest PM2.5 average in last five years since air quality tracking began; long way to clean air standards
As told to Parliament (December 8, 2022): Annual PM10 levels dropped in 95 cities this year
Twenty cities met National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 in 2021-22 compared to 4 in 2017-18
As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning
Delhi-NCR air quality in October, November 2022 best in 7 years, Ashwini Kumar Choubey tells Lok Sabha
When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook
Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters and stalled further federal investigations or regulations addressing gas stove safety
COVID-19: India reports 14 new cases and 152 active cases on November 10
India recorded the highest number of deaths (1,260) globally from September 25-October 22, 2023, primarily due to retrospective adjustment, …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2023)
How global warming is reshaping winter life in Canada
Outdoor skating in Canada is fast becoming the latest casualty of our failure to confront the reality of the climate crisis
Dry winter: Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity; experts warn of thirsty summer
Snow & rain during December and January was supposed to replenish state’s glaciers
Ladakh: No snow in the cold desert
The arid winter in the region this time is raising concerns among the local population, as it forebodes a potentially alarming situation
Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’
What we are experiencing in warming winter syndrome is a consistent and robust set of symptoms on a fevered planet; overall, people just about …
Ladakh’s arid winter: Cold desert will face short- & long-term repercussions, warn experts
Apricots have blossomed & insects seen in peak winter; the Zojila is motorable even as the Chader Trek has started later this year
Only 32 Indian cities had clean air this January, Delhi, Bhagalpur most polluted
15 cities recorded PM2.5 levels more than double the prescribed standard
Unusually warm January in Europe; record temperature in many countries: WMO
Conditions caused by warm air from north-west Africa
Cold wave grips north India, to get worse
This severe weather is attributed to the absence of western disturbances in the country
Yule — A celebration of the return of light and warmth
Yule is celebrated by Wiccans and many other Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21
As told to Parliament (December 17, 2022): Over 10,000 cases of measles reported through December 12, says minister
Maharashtra contributed the maximum to the burden, with 3,075 and 13 deaths
Winter monsoon: 2021 had fewest sub-divisions with normal rainfall in five years
The anomaly can be attributed to climate change, say experts
Eight of 10 most polluted cities this winter from UP: CSE
The smaller and upcoming cities were the pollution hotspots