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A water tanker truck parked outside an apartment complex in Bengaluru, India
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Deploying Community Water Solutions with People, for People

by Indrani Pal, Celena Wasserstrom, Adriel Chang and Ganesh Shanbhag 14 July 202214 July 2022

Guiding principles and strategies for solving local water availability problems in India have emerged from collaborations involving water users, water experts, and water solutions providers.

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.

Image of people carrying umbrellas, walking on a flooded street in Mumbai.
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Climate Action Plans Tailored to Indian Cities

by Deepa Padmanaban 6 May 20229 May 2022

The plans identify localized vulnerabilities, as well as adaptations to climate change risks.

Netravati River in Karnataka, India
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A New Index to Quantify River Fragmentation

by Rishika Pardikar 27 April 202227 April 2022

Researchers have developed a new analysis based on a river’s catchment area as opposed its length.

Electron microscopy image of the charcoal found at the Than Formation in Saurashtra Basin, Gujarat, India.
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Cretaceous Charcoal Gives a Glimpse of Plant Evolution

by Meghie Rodrigues 18 April 20221 August 2022

New data from vegetal charcoal in northwest India supports the theory of paleowildfires as a global phenomenon and an evolutionary force for biodiversity.

Aerial view of an ice stupa in Ladakh, India.
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Ice Towers May Hold Promise—and Water—for Some Cold, Dry Places

by Carolyn Wilke 1 April 20221 April 2022

A new study that cues into the formation of ice cones for storing glacial meltwater reveals how the structures can be built more efficiently and which climatic conditions work best.

A person holding soil lets it fall from one hand to the other with a blurred background.
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Traditional Fertilizers Beat Out Industrial Chemicals in Soil Health Test

by Andrew Chapman 29 March 202229 March 2022

New research in western India found that fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge made soil more fertile in a head-to-head test with industrial fertilizers.

People walk around the urban park near the Osman Sagar reservoir in Hyderabad, India.
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Weighing the Benefits of Urban Greening

by Rishika Pardikar 2 March 20222 March 2022

City communities may need to consider whether water absorption or cooling benefits are more important when designing urban greening.

A man measuring the water level in an open well with a measuring tape
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Satellite and on-the-Ground Data Help Monitor Groundwater in India

by Deepa Padmanaban 16 February 202216 February 2022

Village volunteers use remote sensing and manual measurement to help farmers use groundwater more efficiently.

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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