Climate atlas finds summers, winters in India to get warmer, Kharif season to see more rainfall
Report by thinktank presents historical trends from 1990–2019 and projects future ones
Rising moisture, low wind speed trap pollutants in Delhi's air
The National Capital Region may see a smog episode in the first week of November, predict scientists
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
Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023
It’s possible that Earth’s rising temperature will temporarily exceed the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris agreement some time …
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
Why we need to study day-to-day weather
While the link between summer monsoon and agriculture has been thoroughly researched, there is absence of deliberation over the impact of rains …
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
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
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
Beijing steps up to check air pollution
Environmental protection bureau fines polluting industries a record US $4.2 million in 2014
Polar vortex may freeze parts of US again this winter
Private weather forecaster AccuWeather forecasts a colder winter due to polar vortex; US Met office bets on El Niño
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