How scientists learned to see it coming A failed monsoon triggered the Great Famine of 1876-1878, which killed an estimated 5-10 million people in India. The tragedy sent officials in the British Raj into a frenzy, and the Indian Meteorological Department was tasked with preparing a seasonal forecast of the Southwest Monsoon rains. At […]
Chasing climate clues in underwater fossils Around 18,000 years ago, the Earth began to thaw. Expansive ice sheets that had covered much of the northern hemisphere for tens of thousands of years began to retreat. Sea levels rose, glaciers collapsed, and the planet slowly emerged from the last ice age. At the same time, […]
Indumati Srinivasan has spent over three decades navigating some of India’s most complex public institutions – from the vast system of the Indian Railways to the research-driven environment of the Indian Institute of Science. Trained as an economist and shaped by years in the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), she brought rigour and quiet resolve […]
How citizens are helping collect research data On the rare occasion that you break away from the tedium of overflowing inboxes to listlessly stare into space, something extraordinarily fascinating could catch your attention. It could be a stray dragonfly perched on the window ledge, or perhaps a tree with a huge canopy farther away. […]
