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New Forecasting Tool Could Help Indian Farmers Plan Irrigation

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 18 May 202318 May 2023

Tropical weather is unpredictable, but a new tool could help farmers get a better grasp on it.

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Veterinary Antibiotics Reduce Soil Carbon Sequestration Capacity

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 21 March 202321 March 2023

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

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Unleashing the Power of AutoML for Atmospheric Research

by Jiwen Fan 16 March 202315 March 2023

Automated Machine Learning liberates domain scientists from selecting learners and hyperparameters and discovers the importance of atmospheric trace gases for improving surface PM2.5 estimates.

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The Limits to Tree Planting in the Indian Himalayas

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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.

Detailed image of stalagmite in India’s Mawmluh cave
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Stalagmites Show Evidence of Prolonged Droughts in India

by Nancy Averett 24 October 202224 October 2022

A new study using oxygen isotopes reconstructs a prolonged record of India’s summer monsoons, showing much greater variability than modern data sets.

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Indian Cities Invest in Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors

by Deepa Padmanaban 19 October 202228 October 2022

The sensors help bridge gaps in air quality data due to critical shortages of government monitoring stations.

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

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 30 August 202215 April 2024

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

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Deploying Community Water Solutions with People, for People

by Indrani Pal, Celena Wasserstrom, Adriel Chang and Ganesh Shanbhag 14 July 20221 June 2023

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

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer 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.

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