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Rishika Pardikar

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Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Maha as it swirls over the Arabian Sea, with the Arabian Peninsula visible to the west and the Indian coast to the east.

News 13 September 2021

Climate Change Is Making India’s West Coast More Vulnerable to Cyclones

A new study found significant increases in the intensity, frequency, and duration of cyclonic storms over the Arabian Sea. Is the west coast prepared?

Atmospheric Sciences

Satellite image of Cyclone Tauktae hitting India’s west coast

News 27 May 2021

Cyclone Tauktae Documents a Climate Trend in the Tropics

The western Indian Ocean has been warming at a rate faster than any other region in the tropical oceans, a pattern that is contributing to more frequent and intense storm activity.

Atmospheric Sciences

Satellite image of the Rio Negro floodplain forest, with a prominent white burn scar

News 14 May 2021

Amazon Forests Are Turning into Savannas

Floodplain forests have low resilience to repeated exposure to wildfires. As climate change increases the instances of fires, forests may transform to less productive grassland ecosystems.

Natural Hazards

Workers clear flood and landslide debris from a cliffside

News 12 April 2021

Migrant Workers Among the Most Vulnerable to Himalayan Disasters

Critics say companies are failing to develop adequate emergency procedures to protect construction workers on hydropower plants in the Himalayas.

Science Policy & Funding

Lake in a shape of a city in the middle of pure and fresh rain forest scenery viewed from a bird’s perspective.

News 5 April 2021

Chasing Carbon Unicorns

According to a new report, net zero targets many governments are pursuing are distractions from the urgent need to drastically reduce carbon emissions.

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Climate Change

Aerial image of a woman stooping to gather crops in a large field

News 22 February 2021

When Climate Adaptation Intervention Risks Further Marginalization

Many climate adaptation interventions focus excessively on the effects of climate change and less on examinations of what drives vulnerability.

Atmospheric Sciences

A large gas well sits in Pennsylvania fields and foothills.

News 29 January 2021

What a New Executive Order Means for Curbing Methane Emissions

Biden’s executive order calling for consideration of new methane regulations comes on the heels of a new global analysis of the fuel’s impact on climate change.

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Biogeosciences