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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.

Satellite image of the Himalayas
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Himalayas Are Experiencing an “Exceptional” Loss of Glacial Mass

by Rishika Pardikar 10 February 202220 July 2022

The Himalayas have lost 40% of their glacial mass since the Little Ice Age. East Nepal and Bhutan have experienced the most rapid losses.

Satellite image of Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere.
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An Indian Ocean Network to Keep Track of Climate

by Rishika Pardikar 2 February 20226 June 2022

Until this decade, the Indian Ocean was not well monitored. Today, the Indian Ocean Observing System helps with both weather monitoring and climate modeling.

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Lo que una nueva orden ejecutiva significa para frenar las emisiones de metano

by Rishika Pardikar 18 January 202218 January 2022

La orden ejecutiva de Biden llama a considerar una nueva regulación de metano que viene justo después de un nuevo análisis global del impacto del combustible en el cambio climático.

An elephant eats grasses in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

by Rishika Pardikar 14 January 202229 April 2022

The grazing habits of wild animals like elephants and boars enable long-term carbon storage, according to new research that stresses the need to align climate mitigation goals with biodiversity conservation.

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

by Rishika Pardikar 13 September 202121 March 2022

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

Satellite image of Cyclone Tauktae hitting India’s west coast
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Cyclone Tauktae Documents a Climate Trend in the Tropics

by Rishika Pardikar 27 May 20215 November 2021

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.

Satellite image of the Rio Negro floodplain forest, with a prominent white burn scar
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Amazon Forests Are Turning into Savannas

by Rishika Pardikar 14 May 202131 March 2022

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.

Workers clear flood and landslide debris from a cliffside
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Migrant Workers Among the Most Vulnerable to Himalayan Disasters

by Rishika Pardikar 12 April 202130 August 2022

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

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

by Rishika Pardikar 5 April 20216 May 2022

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

Aerial image of a woman stooping to gather crops in a large field
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When Climate Adaptation Intervention Risks Further Marginalization

by Rishika Pardikar 22 February 20212 September 2022

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

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