T. V. Padma

T. V. Padma

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T. V. Padma is a science and environment correspondent based in New Delhi. Her reports have been published in a mix of international and national publications including Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World, India Climate Dialogue and The Wire.

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The Thar desert in Rajasthan. Image by Aiwok via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Thar desert dust carries bacteria to the Himalayas, a study finds

T. V. Padma 24 Mar 2026

How frequent forest fires can lead to ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 23 Feb 2026
Cyclone Alia submerges settlements in West Bengal in 2009. Image by Anil Gulati/India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How global warming-induced intense cyclones could cause ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 19 Jan 2026
Toxic pollutants from industries on Bellundur lake in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

How excess rains and poor wastewater management send microplastics into city lakes

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2025
A saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus). Image by Rohit via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India’s snakes changing range, thanks to climate change

T. V. Padma 17 Oct 2025
Partially bleached coral reefs in the waters near Elephant beach in the Andaman islands. Image by Harvinder Chandigarh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a marine litter policy as plastic waste chokes corals

T. V. Padma 19 Sep 2025
A carabid beetle. One study by scientists that are part of the DarkDivNet network that assessed plants, fungi and carabid beetles in Estonia found that dark diversity was greater than observed diversity within all groups. Representative image by Bernard Dupont via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Absent species that ought to be present

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2025
A doctor in a hospital in West Bengal assesses the X-ray of a tuberculosis patient. Image by ILO Asia-Pacific via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Increasing pointers to climate change indirectly impacting tuberculosis rise

T. V. Padma 17 Mar 2025
Campylobacter jejuni food-borne pathogens

Food-borne bugs and their links with climate change come into focus

T. V. Padma 24 Feb 2025
marine litter beach vizag

Creating a blueprint for cleaner oceans

T. V. Padma 21 Feb 2025

When heat rises, incomes fall for the informal workforce

T. V. Padma 3 Jan 2025

Dissonance over DSI dominates biodiversity COP

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2024
A landscape view of Champawat town, Uttarakhand. Urbanisation is a major driver of environmental change in the Himalayas. Image by WhiteRaven335 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots

T. V. Padma 23 Sep 2024
sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators 

T. V. Padma 8 Jul 2024

Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep under water

T. V. Padma 19 Jun 2024

Endangered Gangetic dolphins found in most tributaries of Ganges, prompting urgent conservation

T. V. Padma 20 May 2024

Pricey guests: Urban invasive species cost the world billions every year

T. V. Padma 8 Apr 2024

Microplastics, mostly fibres, found in mangroves in southwestern India

T. V. Padma 20 Feb 2024

Alpine plants may alter height or leaf size to cope with early snow-melt conditions

T. V. Padma 4 Jan 2024

With heat waves projected to worsen across India, do vulnerability assessments and heat action plans suffice?

T. V. Padma 23 May 2023

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