He was speaking at a workshop on 'National green corps: Eco clubs, the gateway to green campus' organized by the Goa state council for science and technology, ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and education department in association with CPR environmental education centre, Chennai, at the state museum in Panaji on Friday.
The workshop part of the recent International Year of Biodiversity and World Ozone Day. On climate change, Luis said the earth's average surface temperature has risen by 0.76 degrees Celsius since 1850. Carbon emissions which effect climatic changes, form a blanket in the upper atmosphere of the earth and prevent heat from escaping. "In Goa, summers have been warmer during the last few years and the minimum temperatures are also on the higher side," Luis said. Similarly, the sea-level rise may inundate more areas, but may not cause so much erosion, though it is a natural phenomenon during the monsoon, he said. Readthe full report here.
Source: Times of India, Panaji.
