Rain and flooding due to climate change, say experts
Posted on: 19/Nov/2015 10:04:19 AM
Experts at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have said that the heavy rains and resultant flooding is due to climate change. They (emerging weather patterns) fit the larger picture of climate change predicted by Indian scientists as well as global reports. Episodes of excessive rainfall are increasing while the number of rainy days is decreasing. Extreme weather events in India in recent years do match the predicted effects of global warming, although individual episodes could not be straightaway linked to larger climate changes without the evidence, said an IMD official.
Speaking about the heaviest rain that Tamil nadu has received in a decade, the official said, I don`t think there is any climate-change denial now. There is general agreement after the UN`s assessment report 5, which has increased confidence in what`s happening. This is borne out by Indian scientists, too.
A recent paper published in the journal Climate Dynamics says that there is a significant rise and fall in the monsoon patterns. The paper was written by scientists at the Institute of Tropical Meteorology. One of the researchers have said, Although the frequency of extreme rainfall events has increased in certain parts of the country, it is the decreasing trend in moderate-to-heavy monsoon rainfall events that poses an enormous long-term concern for one of the most densely populated regions of the world that heavily depends on monsoonal rains.
