The finding is noted by the scientists at the city-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) which is engaged in various research projects relating to the monsoon behaviour in the country.
"We feel that the rise in extreme events of rainfall which has almost doubled in the past 50 years in Central India (excluding mountainous region) has a relation with global warming," B N Goswami, Director, IITM said in a talk with PTI.
Referring to the meteorological data available with IITM, he said temperature over the Indian continent and Indian ocean region has risen over over the last 100 years, resulting in an increased moisture in the atmopshere.
Goswami said the rising trends noticed in intensity and frequency of the extreme events were significant and can be attributed to the phenomenon of global warming the world over. Read the full report here.
Source: Deccan Herald, Pune.
