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Indian cities no longer cooling down at night, finds CSE study

HEAT TRACKING IN 6 MEGACITIES

Urbanisation

Indian cities no longer cooling down at night, finds CSE study

Heat waves are becoming deadlier due to a combination of rising temperatures, increasing humidity & urban expansion

NEWS AND VIEWS

Governance

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 27, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & …

Health

Better access, stewardship practices by pharma companies needed for promising new antibiotics: ATMF report

Better access, stewardship practices by pharmaceutical companies needed for new antibiotics: New ATMF report

Large pharmaceutical companies need to re-enter the antibiotic development space, make …

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Over a third of Amazon rainforest is unable to recover from frequent droughts

Between 2001 and 2019, the Amazon has witnessed three, “one-in-a-century” droughts. Here, small boats can be seen stranded in the nearly dry bed of the Tapajos river in Alter do Chao, Santarem, Brazil, during the Amazonian drought in 2023. Photo: iStock

Scientists warn these signs are an early warning indicator that these areas are approaching …

Forests

Odisha tribals await forest department nod to sell kendu leaf worth Rs 34 lakh

Odisha tribals struggle to sell kendu leaf as forest department refuses permit

As many as 4,000 tribal farmers of Koraput district fear their pb roduce will be wasted if …

Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 24, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & …

Governance

Toothy terror: Human crocodile conflict to be big poll issue as villages around Odisha’s Bhitarkanika vote on June 1

Locals allege politicians have not done enough to make are safe from crocodile attacks, …

Governance

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 23, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …

Africa

Sudan recorded highest violence against healthcare staff in conflict zones in 2023: Report

In Sudan, at least 28 health workers were kidnapped in six incidents in 2023

Videos

Climate Change

Cyclone Remal causes chaos in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India: What we know so far

At least 7 people have been killed, millions left without power due to cyclone; around 8,00,000 people have been evacuated by authorities in Bangladesh

Water

Mass fish kill incident in Periyar river amid industrial pollution

Food

Patanjali product ban: Celebrities, influencers equally responsible for misleading advertisements

Climate Change

May 2024 to mark one-year streak of high temperatures?

Climate Change

Why Nagaland faced unprecedented flooding after decades | Alarming Variations Ep-03

Health

Watch: What does an ideal diet look like according to new ICMR nutrition guidelines?

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On May 2, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly declared May 24 as the ‘International Day of the Markhor’, after the iconic and ecologically significant wild goat (Capra falconeri) found across the mountainous regions of Central and South Asia. The fi

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Markhor: The world’s largest wild goat now has a day of its own

The UN declared May 24 as ‘International Day of the Markhor’ on May 2, citing its iconic and economic importance

Environment

Ghazipur landfill fire: Annual choking hazard for Delhi

Authorities have missed multiple deadlines to clear out the legacy waste from Ghazipur landfill

Africa

Sudan, a country displaced

One of Africa’s largest and most populous countries is on the brink of famine after a year of war between its Army and main paramilitary

Down To Earth video journalists, Prabhat Kumar and Dhruval Parekh, are at the ground zero of the ‘Farmers’ Protest 2.0’. Both were at the Shambhu border crossing between Patiala in Punjab and Ambala in Haryana as hundreds of farmers from Punjab attempted

Agriculture

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

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ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट: इस चुनावी मौसम में भी सिर्फ 35 किलो अनाज और सामाजिक स्वीकार्यता मांग रहे हैं कुष्ठ रोगी

कुष्ठ रोगियों को दो पेंशनों के 1900 रुपए और पांच किलो राशन मिलता है। रोजगार के लिए उन्हें तकनीकी शिक्षा तक नहीं दी जा रही

जैव विविधता

प्रदूषण, कीटनाशक या जलवायु परिवर्तन में से कौन है भौंरे, मधुमखियों और तितलियों जैसे परागणकों के लिए सबसे बड़ा खतरा

रिसर्च से पता चला है कि जलवायु परिवर्तन परागणकों के लिए प्रमुख खतरा बनकर उभरा है, जिसे नियंत्रण करना सबसे कठिन है

वन्य जीव

परजीवी कीट के कारण कम हो रही है मूस की आबादी, वैज्ञानिकों ने लगाया पता

अध्ययन में शामिल वयस्क मूसों में से 10 या आधे संक्रमित पाए गए, उन 10 में से तीन के कानों के सिरे क्षतिग्रस्त हो गए थे, यह स्थिति परजीवी कीट ई. श्नाइडेरी संक्रमण के कारण हुई थी

Data Centre

Climate Change

Islands of heat

CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health

Waste

Global stances on various facets of plastic pollution

As the fourth round of talks begin in Ottawa for a global plastic treaty, CSE analyses positions taken by various countries on plastics

Environment

The ground beneath our feet

Why soil health and biodiversity matters for the survival of the planet

Water

Parched Garden City

How Bengaluru’s water crisis is of its own making

Factsheet

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Did heat dissuade voters during the third phase?

Climate Change

Lok Sabha 2024: Did heat dissuade voters during phase 3?

Almost half of the districts analysed saw a rise in temperature as well as a lower voter turnout on polling day on May 7, 2024

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets