New Delhi, Jul 20 (India Science Wire): Based on the mathematical modelling it is understood that
India it is expected a temperature change of 2° C by the end of year 2100, said Dr Madhavan Nair
Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. He was delivering a lecture under eminent scientist
category of CSIR-Summer Research Training Programme (CSIR-SRTP), 2020 on the topic “Science of
Climate Change”. He told that India is ready with its Earth System Modelling and climate change
projections which is a mathematical model and requires huge computation power.
There will be increase in surface air temperatures and humidity levels; increase in heat waves;
increase in extreme weather like heavy rains, strong winds, intense tropical cyclones, convective
storms; no change in mean monsoon rainfall; an increase in variability of monsoon – more floods
and droughts, and it is likely that there will be an increase in sea level and coastal erosion, said Dr
Rajeevan.
He also pointed out that the climate change scenario is also affecting the rainfall trend in India.
Monsoon rainfall over the country as a whole has been very stable during the last 110 years or so.
But there are appreciable regional trends/changes in the rainfall pattern and substantial change has
happened in the last 30-40 years in terms of extreme rainfall event and the consequence is heavy
precipitation or cloud burst in many parts of India.
In the recent studies it has been established that the cause of climate change is mainly human
activities now. Anthropogenic (human) activities lead to variations in atmospheric composition
(mixing rations of carbon dioxide and ozone, aerosol loading etc.) and the variation of land surface
due to land use (deforestation, desertification etc).
Talking about the global scenario of climate change he said that everywhere climate is warming up in
the globe and the warming is not uniform. Especially, the Arctic region warming is very high which is
known as Arctic amplification. Arctic sea ice is melting and there is drastic change after 1990s which
is very precarious for the future and by 2050 there may be Arctic sea without sea ice. There is drastic
change in average global temperature from mid-70’s onwards. Accordingly, sea level is rising at the
rate of 3 mm/year which has come to light from data analysis from 1993 to 2019, but as a whole sea
level rise is also not uniform worldwide and if this trend of increase in sea level goes on it will an
alarming situation in the long run. Another effect of global warming is the ocean heat content which
is increasing not only in the surface but down to first 100-150 metres from the surface. (India
Science Wire)
-Jyoti Singh
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