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Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer

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.

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Amazon Forests Are Turning into Savannas

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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.

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Migrant Workers Among the Most Vulnerable to Himalayan Disasters

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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.

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When Climate Adaptation Intervention Risks Further Marginalization

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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.

A large gas well sits in Pennsylvania fields and foothills.
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What a New Executive Order Means for Curbing Methane Emissions

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 29 January 202118 January 2022

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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Movement Recognizes the Promises and Vulnerabilities in Pastoralism

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 3 November 202013 March 2023

With grassroots support, the Food and Agriculture Organization is moving closer to recognizing an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.

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Global North Is Responsible for 92% of Excess Emissions

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 28 October 20206 May 2022

The United States and European Union bear disproportionate liability for emitting to the atmospheric commons, new research argues.

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The G20 Is Investing in Fossil Fuels

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 24 September 20206 May 2022

Among the G20, the United States and United Kingdom have invested the most in fossil fuels since the beginning of 2020.

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Solar Mandates in Sacred Groves

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 4 August 202019 October 2022

As India moves toward ambitious climate goals, it is trampling on sacred groves in desert ecosystems.

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