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Rishika Pardikar

Rishika Pardikar is a freelance science journalist. Her focus areas are climate change and wildlife. She has no formal education in either science or journalism; everything she has learned has been on the job via talking to people, reading, and traveling.

A group of sheep graze in a green field.
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Veterinary Antibiotics Reduce Soil Carbon Sequestration Capacity

by Rishika Pardikar 21 March 202321 March 2023

Livestock grazing areas sequester less carbon than those under wild herbivores.

An image of a tall tree in a forest.
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The Limits to Tree Planting in the Indian Himalayas

by Rishika Pardikar 6 March 20236 March 2023

The Indian government has an ambitious forestry goal. New research shows it may be out of sync with environmental and social constraints.

Personas caminan alrededor del parque urbano cerca al reservorio Osman Sagar, India.
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Evaluando los beneficios del urbanismo verde

by Rishika Pardikar 26 September 202226 September 2022

Las comunidades de las ciudades necesitan considerar si la absorción del agua o los beneficios del enfriamiento son más importantes al diseñar los espacios verdes urbanos.

Irrigated fields in Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir
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Irrigation in Indo-Gangetic Plain Has Little Impact on Heat Stress

by Rishika Pardikar 30 August 20223 October 2022

Irrigation-related cooling during summer months is overestimated by roughly 5 times, highlighting the need for climate models to accurately reflect local agricultural practices.

Imagen de satélite de los Himalayas. Los picos más altos se ven al fondo con cobertura glacial mientras que al frente se observa el inicio de un valle sin glaciares.
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Los Himalayas atraviesan por una “excepcional” pérdida de masa glaciar

by Rishika Pardikar 20 July 202220 July 2022

Los Himalayas han perdido 40% de su masa glaciar desde la Pequeña Edad de Hielo. El Este de Nepal y Bután han sufrido pérdidas de forma más acelerada.

The Daintree Rainforest located in North Queensland, Australia
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Tree Mortality Risk Surges in Australian Rain Forests

by Rishika Pardikar 14 July 202214 July 2022

Researchers link vulnerability to “atmospheric drought” associated with climate change.

A tiny Arctic cod takes shelter underneath pack ice.
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Without Deep Emissions Cuts, Marine Species Face Mass Extinction

by Rishika Pardikar 17 June 202217 June 2022

On the basis of how much oxygen marine species need and how much is available, researchers predict extinctions comparable to those at the end of the Permian under a business-as-usual emissions scenario.

Monsoonal rainfall in Manipal, Western Ghats.
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A Community-Led Landslide Prediction System in India

by Rishika Pardikar 7 June 20227 June 2022

In a first-of-its-kind disaster prevention initiative, a meteorology-based landslide prediction system was developed as a crowdsourced science effort.

Bulldozer establishes a fire line near a highway in Trinity County, Calif.
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Wildfire, Drought, and Insects Threaten Forests in the United States

by Rishika Pardikar 12 May 202212 May 2022

Western forest managers face a catch-22: They can keep carbon sequestered in trees by reducing controlled burns, but that creates denser forests at greater risk of going up in uncontrolled flames.

Looking up at crown shyness in trees at Cubbon Park, Bangalore, India.
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Open and Fair Data in Tropical Forests

by Rishika Pardikar 6 May 202223 February 2023

People who gather ground data on tropical forests are highly disadvantaged compared to the users of such data. A new paper suggests long-term collaborations as a path forward.

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