‘Ancient and Medieval maps were very inaccurate’
Briton Susan Gole is a collector and historian of maps, especially those of India. She has published various books on the subject. She is also …
US states push for climate action despite country’s exit from Paris deal
Even though the US federal government under President Donald Trump is anti-climate change action, the states are doing their bit to address …
Save our seas
The UN's first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the …
Reinforcing the rights of nations
Drugs major Eli Lilly has lost its case against Canada. It affirms the right of a country to set its own patent laws
The New Oil Rush: Nations scramble for minerals critical to clean energy
As a bitter battle ensues between China and the rest of the world to control rare earth minerals, can India secure its place in this new energy order?
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.
Entrepreneurship funds in Africa: distinguishing the good from the bad
Some entrepreneurship support models work better than others. And how they are set up is key
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (December 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 5-August 11)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
Hepatitis in children: Scientists have found a possible cause for the mystery outbreak
Childhood hepatitis is caused by an infection from one of the hepatitis viruses (such as hepatitis A or hepatitis C)
The misnomer of sustainable fishing
Restricting subsidised high-seas fishing and supporting the local catch benefits fish, fishers and coastal communities
Seed money: Corporations attempt to take over Africa’s seed economy
The complete Down To Earth ocver story on what a slew of government regulations can mean
How governments across Africa defend troubling seeds regulations
Governments in African countries justify rush to formalise the seed sector citing acute food scarcity in the continent
COVID vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains
Africa’s score trails all major regions of the world in six key categories of logistics performance, including timeliness and tracking
Rethink usefulness of trading water: UN human rights expert
States must ensure appropriate legal measures to prevent price speculation of water
Malawi’s tiny Chapman’s chameleons are holding on for dear life
Populations of the Chapman’s pygmy chameleon in isolated forest patches are ‘genetically disconnected’
Climate change is affecting agrarian migrant livelihoods in Ghana. This is how
The impact of climate events will be worse on poor communities in the global south because most of them depend on environmental resources
South-west Iceland is shaking and may be about to erupt
More than 17,000 earthquakes have been recorded in the Reykjanes Peninsula during the past week
UN mourns its parents
Saving environment needs efforts to reset the countries’ consumption & economic exploitation; but the poor need more control & …
Trailing giants: Clues to how people and giraffes can thrive together
The best way to reverse giraffe population declines is to monitor individual animals and learn why they do better in a particular place
Why Nigeria must include parents in plans to protect girls from cervical cancer
Only 8.7 per cent of Nigerian women had a pap smear in 2018
Mali fails to face up to the persistence of slavery
The practice is most prevalent among Mali’s nomadic Tuareg and Fulani communities in Central and Northern Mali
Space Supporting Africa: Volume 2: Education and Healthcare as Priority Areas in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030
This book addresses the need to support decision-makers across Africa by promoting awareness of the importance of space technologies
The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and …
‘Chinese medicine’s use of animals a threat to entire world’
Down to Earth speaks to US scientist and doctor, David Gorski about Traditional Chinese Medicine in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic