Grim global warming outlook for India post 2030: IISc's research - Economic Times
BANGALORE: J Srinivasan, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, goes through his work days secretly hoping for a global major climate crisis. As a leading climate change scientist in India, he knows that the country and the world are inching towards disaster. A serious crisis now would shake up people and make them act, he thinks. "I remember the ozone hole crisis while I was a student," says Srinivasan. "Scientists were talking about it for a long time, but they took action only when the hole appeared over the pole."
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So, what could shake up the world? Severe weather is certainly the one to look for and one such phenomenon could be the drought over the American Mid-West. In March this year, temperatures were 15 degrees higher than normal there. The US Mid-West is far away from the sea and so does not get rainfall copiously, as moisture-laden winds have to travel long distances. This area is thus sensitive to climate changes. Yet this area is the bread-basket of the world. Severe and successive droughts there could reduce US farm production enough for policymakers to start thinking seriously, like when the ozone hole problem happened. So should we pray for a calamity to save the world?
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