The April 8 eclipse provides a rare opportunity to witness the sun’s superhot corona
Corona means crown; During the eclipse, it becomes visible and streaming plasma leaving sun appears in amazing patterns
USAID and Red Cross to organise virtual ‘Global Summit on Extreme Heat’ today
Event aims to find solutions to lessen impacts of extreme heat, save lives and mitigate costs
Scientists reconstruct history of world’s most powerful ocean current over last 5.3 million years and its link to global climate
Antarctic Circumpolar Current could grow stronger due to human-caused climate change, accelerate melting of Antarctic ice
Violence against women with disabilities and older women goes unseen: WHO advocates for urgent action
Older women and women with disabilities can be extremely isolated when violence occurs, complicating their ability to seek help and report the abuse
Is the tiger still ‘rajah’ of Java’s jungles? New study raises hopes
A single hair strand found in a village on the island in 2019 found to be genetically belonging to subspecies
Modern humans may be losing microbial diversity, show teeth samples from Bronze Age
Higher diversity of bacteria involved in gum disease found in 4,000-year-old teeth from a limestone cave
A winter without snow
Record-low snowfall in the Himalayas is evidence that climate change is speeding up
Wine production crossing the Channel & more: Study captures changing geography of vineyards due to climate change
In Asia, Himalayas predicted to see more growth in wine production, along with Pamirs
Thailand poised to become first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage
If upper house of parliament approves marriage equality bill, Thailand will be third Asian one to legalise gay marriage
How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That’s Google’s $5 million question
Reducing computational time for optimisation could save energy, reducing carbon footprint of many computers
Baltimore bridge collapse: A bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
One lesson is that we need to consider how the vessels near our bridges are changing
Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
Fires are a natural part of many landscapes globally; when forests aren’t allowed to burn, they become more dense
Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing
Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis
How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours
Samples taken from 2018 vintage contained certain organisms that seemed to be completely absent in 2021 vintage
Frans de Waal showed non-human species are more complex than they are given credit for: Anindya Sinha
Down To Earth spoke to Sinha, one of India’s leading primate experts, about the legacy of the Dutch-American primatologist, who passed …
Pangolins in Africa: Expert unpacks why millions have been traded illegally and what can be done about it
China and Vietnam are the main destinations for these illegal shipments
How Tsarist Russia’s expansion into the Caucasus and Central Asia decimated their wildlife
The Russian imperial administration encouraged the extermination of large predators because it considered their existence incompatible with the …
One of the major gaps in our weather observational system is over the oceans: Elena Manaenkova
Former WMO Deputy Secretary General, Elena Manaenkova speaks to Down To Earth about extreme weather, the global cryosphere and emissions on World …
New Climate Finance Goal: Too many options, too little time?
The first round of deliberations for the post-2025 climate finance goal are to be held in Colombia in April 2024, divergences between developed …
Simply Put: World Water Day 2024
World Water Day 2024: Precious blue liquid is a thin red line between war and peace, says UN report
Sustainable and equitable water management can be a source of peace and prosperity; poverty and conflict can amplify water insecurity, says UN report
Unhealthy levels of arsenic in water could exacerbate health concerns when used to boil rice
Rice, staple of over half of humanity, already has more arsenic than other grains; washing or boiling it with arsenic-contaminated water poses …
Carbon capture plants are underperforming — why are we so optimistic about them?
IPCC noted that CCS has the highest cost and lowest possible contribution to net emission reduction in both energy and industry sectors
Wars over water
Two-thirds of the world’s water-related conflicts since 1990 were witnessed in the past decade
A giant dolphin once resided in the Peruvian Amazon. Its closest living relatives today inhabit the Indus and Ganga
At 3.5 metres long, the Pebanista yacuruna was the largest river dolphin that ever existed