Worldwide, rising sea levels could, within three decades, push chronic floods to affect 300 million people, according to research published by Scott A Kulp and Benjamin H Strauss of Climate Central in the US, a non-profit news organisation comprising scientists and journalists that analyses and reports on climate science and contains new estimates on the impact of rising sea levels.
Given below are a few of the effects that will be visible in India:-
(a) Bombay at risk of being submerged by 2050.
(b) Much of the southern parts of Bombay may sink at least once a year below the projected high
line by mid-century.
(c) Nearly 250 million people around the world currently live on land that may go below water
levels during annual floods.
(d) West Bengal and coastal Orissa are projected to be particularly vulnerable to floods, as is the
city of Calcutta.
(e) Large parts of central Kerala, including Kuttanad, Vypeen and Kochi islands, Vaikom and
parts of Thrissur district, figure in the high-risk zone of sea-level rise in the new digital
elevation model called CoastalDEM.
The threat is concentrated in coastal Asia and could produce economic and political consequences within the lifetimes of people alive today. Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are home to the most people on land projected to be below average annual coastal flood levels by 2050. Together, the six nations account for roughly 75% of the 300 million people on land, facing the same vulnerability at mid-century.
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How Long Is Gonna Be The Wait?
The deadlock to the government formation, in Maharashtra, is continuing. The BJP - Shiv Sena standoff seems to be on, with no end in sight, as both the parties are vying for the chief minister's chair. The opposition - the Congress and NCP combine - is watching the tussle with amusement. My assessment is that Udhav Thackeray is trying to don the mantle of his father rather unsuccessfully. The ego play needs to stop! And BJP's smugness needs to be dropped!!
Tailpiece.
It was a thoroughly wet day restricting one's movements or rather, one did not feel like stepping out of the dry environs of the house!
Given below are a few of the effects that will be visible in India:-
(a) Bombay at risk of being submerged by 2050.
(b) Much of the southern parts of Bombay may sink at least once a year below the projected high
line by mid-century.
(c) Nearly 250 million people around the world currently live on land that may go below water
levels during annual floods.
(d) West Bengal and coastal Orissa are projected to be particularly vulnerable to floods, as is the
city of Calcutta.
(e) Large parts of central Kerala, including Kuttanad, Vypeen and Kochi islands, Vaikom and
parts of Thrissur district, figure in the high-risk zone of sea-level rise in the new digital
elevation model called CoastalDEM.
The threat is concentrated in coastal Asia and could produce economic and political consequences within the lifetimes of people alive today. Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are home to the most people on land projected to be below average annual coastal flood levels by 2050. Together, the six nations account for roughly 75% of the 300 million people on land, facing the same vulnerability at mid-century.
* * *
How Long Is Gonna Be The Wait?
The deadlock to the government formation, in Maharashtra, is continuing. The BJP - Shiv Sena standoff seems to be on, with no end in sight, as both the parties are vying for the chief minister's chair. The opposition - the Congress and NCP combine - is watching the tussle with amusement. My assessment is that Udhav Thackeray is trying to don the mantle of his father rather unsuccessfully. The ego play needs to stop! And BJP's smugness needs to be dropped!!
Tailpiece.
It was a thoroughly wet day restricting one's movements or rather, one did not feel like stepping out of the dry environs of the house!
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