downtoearth.org.inadded August 2026
Down To Earthby Kiran Pandey3d ago
At least 130 civil society organisations have urged the UN carbon market body to suspend further issuance, transfer and use of credits linked to a cookstove project in Myanmar.
Down To Earthby Vivek Mishra3d ago
A new assessment by Basel Action Network estimates that 395 million to 617 million tonnes of AI-related electronic equipment could be retired between 2025 and 2050.
Down To Earthby Puja Das3d ago
Southeast Asia’s electricity demand is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 per cent between 2026 and 2030, while coal demand is expected to rise 4.4 per cent a year, the fastest...
Down To Earthby Sushmita Sengupta3d ago
Around 265 talukas in Maharashtra, nearly 74 per cent of the state, were declared drought-hit in early September after one of the driest monsoons in years.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware3d ago
The behavioural shifts of the Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula), a small, shy water bird mainly found in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, are an important instance of changes in natural ecosystems...
Down To Earthby Vibha Varshney4d ago
The world is not on track to meet the ambitious Target 3, popularly known as the 30x30 target. The target is part of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) set up in 2022 under...
Down To Earthby Jayanta Basu4d ago
Monitored wildlife populations worldwide have declined by an average of 73 per cent over the past five decades, but India has recorded gains in the numbers of several major species, according to a...
Down To Earthby Puja Das4d ago
The Union Cabinet’s approval of the Rs 1.86 trillion Green Energy Corridor Phase III (GEC-III) scheme on September 30 , 2026 marks a significant shift in how India is preparing its electricity grid...
Down To Earthby DTE Staff4d ago
Scientists have discovered a new species of extinct crocodilian in rock used to build the Sphinx of Giza in Egypt.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff4d ago
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B Kagan from the Université Paris-Sud, France and Kenso Soai from Tokyo University of Science...
Down To Earthby Susan Chacko5d ago
The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) found during a joint inspection that all seven sewage treatment plants associated with the Harmu river are non-functional.
Down To Earthby Bhagirath5d ago
Incidents of paddy stubble burning are being reported from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Uttarakhand.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff5d ago
A new report released by the Government of New Zealand has painted a grim picture about climate change in the South Pacific country.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware5d ago
The central government on October 6, 2026 released a list of 375 permissible rural works under the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB–G RAM G] Act, 2025, with...
Down To Earthby Puja Das5d ago
Economic damages from carbon emissions could be up to four times higher than previously estimated, while global sea level rise is already locked in for centuries, according to a new report.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff5d ago
Exhaust from vehicles on Gurugram’s roads caused one in four of the new asthma cases linked to air pollution among the Delhi satellite town’s children and teenagers in 2025 and made them miss an...
Down To Earthby Akshit Sangomla5d ago
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, “for decisive contributions to the IceCube...
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware5d ago
A three-year-old tigress has been successfully translocated from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to West Bengal recently.
Down To Earthby Kaushik Bose5d ago
South Lhonak lake had pipes in it. For years, engineers had run siphons over its moraine wall to drain the water down and buy the valley a little safety.
Down To Earthby Karthikeyan Kannan6d ago
Satsaida Bet is a massive island located in the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat. The island is a fascinating biome, enthralling biologists and travelers alike with its diverse life forms and scenes of...
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