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Akshit Sangomla

New Delhi

Author at Down To Earth

Science journalist, writes mostly about climate change, extreme weather events, astronomy and technology, @down2earthindia

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  • Bumper monsoon in 2025, Northeast to hold onto dry trend

    1 week ago | downtoearth.org.in | Akshit Sangomla

    India may receive above normal or greater rainfall during the south west monsoon season (June-September) in 2025, though some long-term drying trends such as in Northeast India may still hold, according to the Long Range Forecast (LRF) issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on April 15, 2025.

  • ‘We don’t fully understand what governs India’s temperature trends’

    2 weeks ago | downtoearth.org.in | Akshit Sangomla

    Loretta J Mickley, senior research fellow and co-lead of Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at HarvardIndia faces a double-edged environmental crisis: Efforts to reduce aerosol air pollution — tiny particles in the air from industrial emissions, burning fossil fuels and biomass — may accelerate atmospheric warming, leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves. This raises the risk of hotter summers and more frequent and intense heatwaves in the coming decades.

  • ‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’

    3 weeks ago | downtoearth.org.in | Akshit Sangomla

    India faces a double-edged environmental crisis: Efforts to reduce aerosol air pollution — tiny particles in the air from industrial emissions, burning fossil fuels and biomass — may accelerate atmospheric warming, leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves. This raises the risk of hotter summers and more frequent and intense heatwaves in the coming decades.

  • ‘There is reason to believe controlling air pollution can increase temperatures’

    3 weeks ago | downtoearth.org.in | Akshit Sangomla

    David Shumway Jones, Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University and an expert on the history of air pollution in IndiaIndia faces a double-edged environmental crisis: Efforts to reduce aerosol air pollution — tiny particles in the air from industrial emissions, burning fossil fuels and biomass — may accelerate atmospheric warming, leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves. This raises the risk of hotter summers and more frequent and intense heatwaves in the coming decades.

  • HT Syndication: 'There is reason to believe controlling air pollution can increase temperatures'

    3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Akshit Sangomla

    New Delhi, April 4 -- India faces a double-edged environmental crisis: Efforts to reduce aerosol air pollution - tiny particles in the air from industrial emissions, burning fossil fuels and biomass - may accelerate atmospheric warming, leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves. This raises the risk of hotter summers and more frequent and intense heatwaves in the coming decades.

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17 Apr 25

RT @down2earthindia: Lights out: Study flags load shedding in May-June 2025 as ‘high risk’ The projected peak electricity demand for the su…

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Akshit Sangomla @bluewrit
16 Apr 25

RT @down2earthindia: Rising global temperatures mean that more female Olive Ridley turtles are hatching in Odisha’s famous Rushikulya rooke…

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Akshit Sangomla @bluewrit
15 Apr 25

RT @down2earthindia: India may receive above normal or greater rainfall during the south west monsoon season (June-September) in 2025, thou…