Anusha Krishnan

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Anusha Krishnan is a part-time science writer and editor and full-time mom from Bangalore, India. She loves writing about new scientic discoveries, and believes that the art of storytelling is crucial for successful science communication.

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[Explainer] How are species named?

Anusha Krishnan 4 Jun 2024

Rehabilitating trafficked star tortoises using genetic intelligence

Anusha Krishnan 13 Mar 2024
At the National Expo XIII (in 2009) that organised by the 'Central Calcutta Science & Cultural Organisation for Youth' at North 24 Parganas. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Explainer] Why do we use jargon when talking about science?

Anusha Krishnan 26 Jun 2023
Bar headed geese at the Pangong lake, part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Ladakh. Photo by Samriti Paul/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists develop a toolkit to identify high conservation-value areas

Anusha Krishnan 1 Jun 2023
Image shows a bufaalo with starlins on its back followed by a calf near a water body

[Explainer] What is mutualism?

Anusha Krishnan 1 May 2023

Identifying individual mugger crocodiles using drone technology to minimise conflicts

Anusha Krishnan 24 Nov 2022
Greenwashing protest

[Explainer] What is greenwashing?

Anusha Krishnan 10 Oct 2022

[Explainer] What is biodiversity finance?

Anusha Krishnan 13 Sep 2022

[Explainer] Why do floods occur?

Anusha Krishnan 17 Aug 2022
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[Explainer] Are biofuels finally coming of age?

Anusha Krishnan 13 Jul 2022

[Explainer] Can planting trees mitigate climate change?

Anusha Krishnan 5 Jul 2022

[Explainer] The good, the bad, and the ugly side of forest fires

Anusha Krishnan 29 Jun 2022
BaA herd of elephants foraging amidsts a pile of plastic waste in Sri Lanka.

Plastic, glass and other waste materials found in elephant dung in Uttarakhand

Anusha Krishnan 27 Jun 2022

[Explainer] What are carbon sinks?

Anusha Krishnan 15 Jun 2022

[Explainer] Why is India a major hub for wildlife trafficking?

Anusha Krishnan 8 Jun 2022
The vast expanse of roiling grey clouds advances from the Arabian sea and makes landfall in Kerala, around the first week of June, kickstarting the southwest monsoon season. Photo by Anoop Joy/ Flickr.

[Explainer] How does the Indian monsoon develop?

Anusha Krishnan 30 May 2022

[Explainer] What is carbon pricing?

Anusha Krishnan 18 May 2022

[Explainer] What factors affect the Indian summer monsoon?

Anusha Krishnan 29 Apr 2022

[Explainer] What are urban heat islands?

Anusha Krishnan 13 Apr 2022

Fantastic beasts and why plastic is bad for them

Anusha Krishnan, Labonie Roy 1 Mar 2022

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