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Subhra Priyadarshini @Subhrapr

Science scribe, podcaster, multimedia dabbler, AI explorer, keen birder, Chief Editor @NatureInd. Stress-averse, believe in kindness and civil discourse.

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Are newsrooms rethinking science coverage post-COVID, climate extremes & AI disruption? Are science beats growing — or still sidelined? I'm hearing powerful calls for change: nature.com/articles/d44151-0… What's happening where you are?
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Study finds steady rise in ‘blue carbon’ storage, driven by key species and protected ecosystems nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Sundarban mangroves could become a growing carbon sink

Nature India - Study finds steady rise in ‘blue carbon’ storage, driven by key species and protected ecosystems.

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Apr 23
As many as 219 glaciers cling precariously to steep slopes in central Himalaya nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Hanging glaciers in Himalaya reveal rising avalanche risk

Nature India - Basin-scale inventory shows ice instability and rapid development sharply increasing exposure to hazard.

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Apr 25
New sightings signal a profound shift in tiger behaviour, driven by crowding, climate change and shrinking habitats nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Humans are pushing tigers higher into the Himalaya than ever before

Nature India - New sightings signal a profound shift in tiger behaviour, driven by crowding, climate change and shrinking habitats.

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Apr 22
India’s Anusandhan National Research Foundation CEO, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, outlines faster grants, scaled missions and a push for visible impact nature.com/articles/d44151-0…
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Apr 22
Near the end of their lives, Sun-like stars don’t simply fade away. Instead, they shed their outer layers in spectacular fashion nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Dying stars may seed the building blocks of life

Nature India - Carbon-rich stellar debris helps form complex organic molecules drifting through interstellar space,

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Apr 22
Low-depth sequencing yields a chromosome-scale Indian genome and reveals structural variants missing from global references nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Scientists cut genome assembly cost to $15,000

Nature India - Low-depth sequencing yields a chromosome-scale Indian genome and reveals structural variants missing from global references.

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Apr 21
Large-scale study shows modest improvements in child growth, pointing to gaps in targeting and support systems nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

India's flagship maternity cash programme delivers limited nutrition gains

Nature India - Large-scale study shows modest improvements in child growth, pointing to gaps in targeting and support systems.

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Apr 14
Degrading microplastics are feeding carbon to microbes, potentially reshaping blue carbon estimates nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

A new carbon source in the Sundarban — plastic

Nature India - Degrading microplastics are feeding carbon to microbes, potentially reshaping blue carbon estimates.

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Apr 15
New high-altitude sightings signal a profound shift in tiger behaviour in the Himalaya, driven by crowding, climate change and shrinking habitats nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Humans are pushing tigers higher into the Himalaya than ever before

Nature India - New sightings signal a profound shift in tiger behaviour, driven by crowding, climate change and shrinking habitats.

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Apr 14
Satellite images show the world’s night-time lights are no longer steadily getting brighter — they are flickering on and off more than ever nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Earth’s night lights are flickering — and Asia is leading the shift

Nature India - Satellite data reveal a world growing brighter and darker at once, as rapid development and uneven energy access reshape how cities glow after dark.

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Mar 17
Financial, technological, and institutional barriers are among the reasons why smallholder farmers are struggling to adopt climate-smart practices nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Why farmers are still struggling to adopt climate-smart agriculture

Nature India - Researchers point to financial, technological and institutional barriers among smallholder farmers in eastern India.

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Mar 18
A common waterborne bacterium found across South Asian rivers, ponds and wastewater systems carries widespread resistance to multiple antibiotics — including drugs of last resort nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Common waterborne bacterium may fuel resistance to last-resort antibiotics

Nature India - Large genomic study reveals widespread drug-resistance genes in Aeromonas, highlighting aquatic environments as reservoirs that could seed human infections.

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Mar 19
Long before they were confined to the northeast, Indian one-horned rhinoceroses roamed the entire northern subcontinent nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

How rhinos helped shape Kaziranga’s grasslands

Nature India - A long ecological record from Kaziranga raises new questions about habitat connectivity for rhinos.

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Mar 20
Metagenomic survey across Indian cities reveals widespread, mobile resistance and a large reservoir of unknown microbes nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Urban wastewater teems with hidden antibiotic resistance genes

Nature India - Metagenomic survey across Indian cities reveals widespread, mobile resistance and a large reservoir of unknown microbes.

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Mar 23
A cornerstone of how scientists reconstruct past climate and weathering is being overturned nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Estuaries rewrite lithium’s journey to the ocean

Nature India - Seasonal sediment interactions in the Ganga estuary alter lithium fluxes and isotopes, challenging a key assumption in global geochemistry.

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Mar 25
Images show wetlands under threat and flood-prone zones expanding, challenging assumptions about Kolkata’s resilience go.nature.com/4bv6qST

Satellites reveal how urban growth is worsening Kolkata’s flood risk

Nature India - Images show wetlands under threat and flood-prone zones expanding, challenging assumptions about the city’s resilience.

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Mar 25
This finding could inform stroke and epilepsy treatment nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

How brain cells regrow their branches after injury

Nature India - A clever new method in tiny roundworms is helping scientists uncover how damaged neurons rebuild themselves, a finding that could inform stroke and epilepsy treatment.

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Mar 26
More than 99% of PFAS contamination in river sediments goes undetected, exposing gaps in India’s environmental monitoring and regulation nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Standard tests miss vast majority of ‘forever chemicals’ in Ganga

Nature India - More than 99% of PFAS contamination in river sediments goes undetected, exposing gaps in India’s environmental monitoring and regulation.

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Mar 31
A new lensing technique strips away astrophysical noise to reveal a cleaner picture of cosmic distances and dark matter nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Astronomers turn geometry into a cosmic ruler to test the shape of the Universe

Nature India - A new lensing technique strips away astrophysical noise to reveal a cleaner picture of cosmic distances and dark matter.

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Close-up observations show how bursts of hot plasma shoot energy into the Sun’s outer atmosphere nature.com/articles/d44151-0…

Tiny solar eruptions may help explain the Sun’s extreme heat

Nature India - Close-up observations show how bursts of hot plasma shoot energy into the Sun’s outer atmosphere.

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