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

T. V. Padma 23 May 2023
A Himalayan ibex in the Spiti Valley. Photo by Madhumita Das/ Wikimedia Commons.

Livestock and wild herbivores impact soil carbon differently

T. V. Padma 23 Mar 2023
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Pinpointing priority areas for mangrove conservation in the Sundarbans

T. V. Padma 13 Feb 2023
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India budgets for mangroves and wetlands

T. V. Padma 3 Feb 2023

India garners international support to save two endangered freshwater turtles

T. V. Padma 19 Dec 2022
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Top invasive species are blooming in India despite climate change

T. V. Padma 15 Nov 2022

Large grass-munching herbivores can stabilise soil carbon

T. V. Padma 8 Nov 2022

Coconut-based integrated farming could help sequester carbon, improve farm productivity: study

T. V. Padma 2 Nov 2022
Avicennia marina, more commonly known as grey mangroves or white mangroves. Photo by Dinesh Valke/ Wikimedia Commons.

Successful model of development in tandem with mangrove restoration

T. V. Padma 21 Jul 2022

Exploring biochar as a nature-based solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

T. V. Padma 13 Jun 2022
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Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022
Close-up of chickpea plant. Photo by Srujan Punna.

Scientists sequence chickpea genome which could inform crop improvement efforts

T. V. Padma 15 Mar 2022
Many families depend on prawn seed collection along the banks, a practice that also leads to destruction of juvenile fishes of other species. Photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Scientists raise caution as mangroves erode faster along the Bengal coastline

T. V. Padma 22 Feb 2022
The Himalayan monal is illegally trafficked from the Himalayas. Photo by Koshy Koshy/Wikimedia Commons.

Using citizen science to track illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas

T. V. Padma 21 Jan 2022
Morus alba or white mulberry plant. Photo by Lazaregagnidze/Wikimedia Commons.

Asia’s first mulberry fossil unearthed in Rajasthan’s lignite mines

T. V. Padma 9 Dec 2021

Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution

T. V. Padma 12 Nov 2021

India’s ancient underground fish species under threat due to poor water governance

T. V. Padma 12 Oct 2021

Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss

T. V. Padma 1 Mar 2021

Can biodiversity loss lead to more infectious disease spread?

T. V. Padma 28 Apr 2020

Deforestation and disease: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

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