India, Sept. 18 -- What does your work as a climate scientist involve?

I am based at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune. My work involves a lot of data and modelling. I sit in front of a computer connected to a supercomputer in my institute, which is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. We collect climate-related data using different instruments and platforms such as balloons, ships and satellites. We compile it to understand the local, state-wise, nation-wise and global changes in climate. We also study how cyclones develop, how landslides and cloudbursts happen. Apart from the data we collect, there are climate models used for forecasting. All the physics, chemistry and a bit of biology of the earth system ...