OCEAN WARMING- A WARNING BELL
OCEAN WARMING- A WARNING BELL The flamingo point in Mumbai was deserted this year. The pink migrating birds had not been much spotted. India experienced a delay in monsoon for two long dry weeks disrupting the agricultural calendar before the Southwest Monsoon winds finally reached Kerela. The stable and calm paleoclimatology of the Arabian Sea has now been replaced with harsh cyclones that have raided the Indian terrain for the recent years consequently with accelerating intensity and frequency. We may wonder about the cause of such erratic changes. The reason is- OCEAN WARMING. The El-Nino effect of the Pacific Ocean have a widespread impact from Australia to the Indian subcontinent. The unpredictable surface warming that happens with a two-to-seven-year gap has been characterised by a spike in ocean temperatures and has increased the strength and speed of the ocean currents. Marine ecosystems face the threat of climate change and an unexpected heating up of the ocean waters. The p