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Pragathi Ravi

@pragathiravi.bsky.social
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Science journalist. 📍New York

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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last November, I travelled to Jordan to understand how farmers farmed in one of the most water-poor countries. I encountered stories of hardship, remarkable ingenuity, resilience, and a country staying organised with fewer resources. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wa...
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Water Scarcity in Jordan Is Causing an Agricultural Crisis
Farmers are reeling under the dual pressures of depleting groundwater and climate change
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 14/08/2026
Turns out hurricanes don’t just move water and wind. They can also move antibiotic resistance. @pragathiravi.bsky.social reports: buff.ly/S5AnB8m
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Extreme Weather Events Like Hurricanes Can Spread Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Research links hurricanes and drought with increasing risks of antibiotic resistance genes, which are concentrated in manure.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A year ago, I spoke to a source about farm manure being a vector for antibiotic resistance genes. He mentioned that hurricanes can sometimes carry manure or untreated wastewater into previously uncontaminated areas. Now, for @sentientmedia.org, I dig deeper. share.google/3wr0g3Oi3dyN...
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Extreme Weather Events Like Hurricanes Can Spread Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Research links hurricanes and drought with increasing risks of antibiotic resistance genes, which are concentrated in manure.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What powers your AC during a heatwave? Coal and gas-fired peaker plants that help the New York City grid meet this peak demand. But what if there was a sustainable way to keep yourself cool? For @skylightnyc.bsky.social, I write about a powerbank that can help- www.skylight.nyc/articles/res...
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This battery offers New York City apartments a cleaner way… | Skylight
Every Electric’s new power bank helps defray the peak demand on the city's energy grid through efficient energy storage
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Leah Penniman, a Black Kreyol farmer, says many of the techniques that organic farmers use have roots in African and Indigenous wisdom. Today, she’s helping Black farmers regain sovereignty over their food production and heal their relationship with land, writes @pragathiravi.bsky.social.
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Healing with the Land
Leah Penniman talks about invoking ancestral Black wisdom and forging a deeper relationship with land.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
‘Greenlee suggests we think of it as a Covid-19 early detection test, but for algal blooms.’ By @pragathiravi.bsky.social
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Sniffing Out Algal Blooms in Maine
U Maine scientists have developed a method for early detection of harmful algal blooms. New England’s aquaculture industry is watching.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I had a really good idea for a micropayment collective journalism model in 2009, which I’m sure my grad school classmates at whatever east village bar it was that night can corroborate, and we’ll get this whole thing cleared right up.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 21/02/2026
I just wrote the opening of a feature completely off the dome, hitting more than one-fifth of the word count already. I often can't do anything until I've written the beginning of a story, but after that the rest of it flows. Whew, what a great feeling.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
When I visited Jordan last November, I met farmers cultivating crops in one of the world's most water-scarce regions. But lately, years of overpumping have rendered their groundwater saline. My story for the inaugural Middle Eastern issue of @wired.com www.wired.me/story/jordan...
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Jordan’s Groundwater Is Turning Salty — and Killing Farms
As aquifers collapse under overpumping, farmers in Azraq are turning to magnetic water-treatment devices in a fight against rising salinity.
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
'Oil Spills Are Pushing Indian Fishers to the Brink', by Laasya Shekhar and @pragathiravi.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
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Oil Spills Are Pushing Indian Fishers to the Brink
In the small town of Ennore, the effects of multiple disasters are threatening local waterways and livelihoods
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Thijs Kuiken @thijskuiken.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Hoewel dit interview met Lex Bohlmeijer van februari 2023 is, en er daarna wel belangrijke nieuwe ontwikkelingen zijn in de verspreiding van vogelgriep, denk ik dat het toch nog interessant is voor mensen die zich meer willen verdiepen in de vogelgriepuitbraak. decorrespondent.nl/14224/de-kan...
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De kans op een nieuwe pandemie is klein, zegt deze vogelgriepexpert. Maar hij wordt elke dag iets groter
Het vogelgriepvirus is overgesprongen naar zoogdieren en dat is zorgelijk: komt er een voor mensen besmettelijke variant en krijgen we straks een nieuwe pandemie? Niet vanzelfsprekend, zegt Thijs Kuik...
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I recently had an opportunity to take a more essayist approach to reporting on biodiversity, find my latest on drawing parallels between leafcutter ants and indigenous communities for @notimportant.bsky.social www.importantnotimportant.com/p/why-separa...
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Why separating humans from nature contradicts biology
What 60 million years of ant farming teaches us about conservation
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
A few months ago, I spoke to Shane Farrell about his diving adventures off the coast of Maine. His team had recently discovered how the red turf algae was taking over kelp forests. For @insideclimatenews.org, I traced the susceptibility of the kelp. insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
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Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats - Inside Climate News
These breeding grounds for fish are under siege from red turf algae, sea urchins, storm surges, warming waters and climate change.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Earlier this year, I had a chance to profile biologist Adam Herdman's efforts to save a fascinating orchid species from extinction. @boyceupholt.bsky.social's thoughtful edits transformed his triumph in the swamps and the lab, into this fascinating story southlandsmag.com/the-ghost-or...
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Heatwaves are more dire for people with schizophrenia. For @prismreports.org, I trace how impaired cognition and consumption of antipsychotic drugs make this group particularly vulnerable. Read the full story: prismreports.org/2025/10/22/e...
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As climate change worsens, evidence links extreme heat and mental illness
Extreme weather can be especially catastrophic for people with schizophrenia, a highly stigmatized group who also experience unique risks associated with heat
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Grist @grist.org · 24/09/2025
The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change. grist.org/food-and-agr... #food #agriculture #Climate #Hunger #GreenSky #Farming #Farms
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The 'Green Revolution' transformed global agriculture. Now it's adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the twentieth century are adapting to global warming in the twenty-first.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Heatwaves are shrinking wheat grains, but climate-resilient seeds hold promise for sustaining yields. In my first for @grist.org, I profile the efforts of @cimmyt.bsky.social to insulate farmer incomes in South Asia against frequent extreme weather events. grist.org/food-and-agr...
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The 'Green Revolution' transformed global agriculture. Now it's adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the 20th century are being used to adapt agriculture to one of the most serious threats of the 21st.
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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
As no one claims responsibility for oil spills, fishers and farmers in India are left with little recourse. Uprooter @pragathiravi.bsky.social and Flavia Lopes for @thexylom.com www.thexylom.com/post/india-m...
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No One Wants To Be the Fall Guy for Oil Spills off India’s Coast
Since 2024, six large oil spills have polluted India's western coast, affecting millions; yet, no one, including the government, wants to take responsibility for the cleanup.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
When spinach seed crops started wilting in the Pacific Northwest, pathologist Lindsey du Toit began hunting for a solution. Now, her team has found a wild spinach variety from Central Asia that can resist the wilt-causing pathogen. My latest- share.google/Fb5QDrvRatXi...
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The Spinach Is Wilting - Offrange
Fusarium wilt is a destructive fungal disease that has long vexed spinach seed farmers in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers may have found a fix.
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Alexa Robles-Gil @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Jaws' release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped turn the tide. My story for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/s...
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Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ Shark Science Is Still Surfacing
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Today, the first images from the world's largest digital camera at Vera C. Rubin Observatory were finally unveiled! Read about the new observatory and its unique science goals in my article for BBC Sky at Night Magazine: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/vera-c-...
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Vera C Rubin Observatory first images | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
After months of tests and calibration, the Rubin Observatory camera’s first images are unveiled, showing the Lagoon Nebula and Virgo Cluster.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Salt production in India is undertaken by thousands of workers who spend hours in the sun, even during heatwaves. This has caused chronic kidney dysfunction among them. In my first for @inthesetimes.com, I write about this disease burden. inthesetimes.com/article/cost...
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The Cost Of Salt
India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 04/04/2025
Most of India's electricity comes from coal-fired power plants. For @Eos.org, Scienceline's @pragathiravi.bsky.social explores possible consequences of these plants for the country's agriculture.
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Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants May Lower Crop Yields in India - Eos
Nitrogen dioxide may reduce wheat and rice crops by more than 10%, according to a new study.
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