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Mumbai is not going to be submerged: minister
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- Mumbai would not be submerged in 2050 due to increased flooding, owing to climate change, Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Dec 3, responding to queries in Rajya Sabha on a study that claimed that by 2040-50, a major part of Mumbai would be inundated annually due to high tide.
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- Study:
(1) Conducted by S.-based organisation Climate Central, had appeared in peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications.
(2) It employed a new software “CoastalDEM” for study.
(3) The number of Indians who were likely to be affected by rising sea levels may have been underestimated by as much as 88%.
- Vardhan informed that:
(1) India’s scientists had been recording sea level rise in the country since 1876 and computed the average sea level rise to be 3.3 cm by 2050.
(2) Whatever data has been given are the long-term data. Mumbai is not going to be submerged.
- However, independent scientists have countered Climate Central’s analysis.
Sources
The Hindu