Climate Change - North East India To Become Hot
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 8,
August 2011
In the Regional and Sectoral Analysis for 2030 of the Indian Network of Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) assessment, the Ministry of Environment and Forest has claimed that the temperature of the region is set to increase by 1.8 degree - 2.1 degrees during the next two decades. In addition, the mean annual rainfall is also likely to increase by 1-6 mm per day; however the number of rainy days in a year may decrease by few (1-10) days.
The rise in temperature and changes in pattern of rainfall is expected to affect ecology, especially the forests of the North East. With the increase in rainfall, the region also might witness increase in malaria, unless corrective and preventive actions are proactively taken. Read the full report here.
Source: by Correspondent, Times of Assam.
