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Down To Earthby Akshit Sangomla3 Sept 2026
El Niño in the equatorial Pacific has intensified rapidly and is now firmly established, with the WMO saying it is almost certain to persist through February 2027 and likely peak by year-end.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware3 Sept 2026
A newly identified flowering plant, Osbeckia ulotricha, has been discovered in the shola grasslands of the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats.
Down To Earthby Puja Das3 Sept 2026
The National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) has developed and patented a hybrid energy storage system designed to reduce stress on electric vehicle (EV) batteries during sudden...
Down To Earthby Susan Chacko3 Sept 2026
The National Green Tribunal has flagged serious pollution in Delhi’s Kitchener Lake after a DPCC report found faecal coliform, BOD and COD levels above prescribed norms, despite substantial funds...
Down To Earthby Subhrajit Goswami3 Sept 2026
India’s water stress is increasingly becoming a concern for its electricity system. The latest advisory dated September 2, 2026 from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) asks thermal power...
Down To Earthby Saurabh Bandyopadhyay3 Sept 2026
India’s farm sector is embracing AI amid climate stress, tiny landholdings and tighter resources.
Down To Earthby Shagun3 Sept 2026
Two years ago in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was hailed as a historic turning point —...
Down To Earthby K A Shaji3 Sept 2026
A newly discovered frog in the forests of Tripura has given an unexpected afterlife to the memory of a Kerala woman who spent much of her own life caring for people.
Down To Earthby Areeka Mir3 Sept 2026
Nepal’s Trishuli valley flood destroyed bridges, roads, a border crossing and power infrastructure, while one house in Nuwakot remained standing.
Down To Earthby Ranjan Panda3 Sept 2026
As the last bricks of Odisha’s centuries-old Panchubarahi Temple vanish into the Bay of Bengal, an entire sacred geography and Dalit women–led religious tradition is transformed from what it used...
Down To Earthby Thami Croeser3 Sept 2026
Europe’s deadly heatwaves exposed how poorly shaded its cities are, with over 90% of buildings in London, Paris and Madrid lacking adequate tree cover.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul3 Sept 2026
Africa is undergoing a major solar boom that far exceeds official statistics, according to Ember and the African Tech Futures Lab.
Down To Earthby Pranay Lal3 Sept 2026
On August 26, 2026, an ice-and-rock avalanche tore down the Himalayas near Mount Langtang Lirung, along the Nepal-Tibet border.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff2 Sept 2026
At the ICSE 2026 conference in New Delhi, CSE chief Sunita Narain linked Nepal’s flash flood to decades of hubristic engineering that tried to bend rivers and mountains to human will.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware2 Sept 2026
The All India Kisan Sabha has alleged that attempts to evict forest dwellers from 5,072.653 hectares in the Meghamalai-Varusanadu area of Tamil Nadu are illegal.
Down To Earthby Rajeshwari Sinha2 Sept 2026
The loss of soil biodiversity is among the most deteriorating soil threats globally, although confidence in the trend remains low, according to the latest global assessment of the world’s soils by...
Down To Earthby Pondharshini Ponnusamy2 Sept 2026
Indian landfills are far more than ugly garbage heaps; they are complex environmental systems affecting groundwater, air quality, methane emissions and ecosystem health.
Down To Earthby Susan Chacko2 Sept 2026
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is taking all necessary and expeditious steps to ensure complete interception, diversion and treatment of sewage from all identified drains, subject to the grant of...
Down To Earthby Nidhi Singh2 Sept 2026
Apple orchards in Uttarakhand’s Ramgarh–Mukteshwar belt are caught in a cascading chain of risks, from inadequate winter chilling and shrinking pollinator habitats to rising pests, wildlife attacks...
Down To Earthby Puja Das2 Sept 2026
Germany is facing renewed scrutiny over its international climate commitments as a proposed overhaul of export finance rules could eliminate 40 per cent of climate assessments for projects backed...
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