NASA: Several Indian coastal cities will be submerged by up to 2.7 feet by the end of the century

Several Indiancoastal cities will be submerged by up to 2.7 feet by the end of the century,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US haspredicted.

A new report by theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has dire warnings for India,which is already going through an unpredictable upheaval in weather patternsand environmental factors. The most dangerous risk factor is rising sea levelthat threatens to submerge 12 coastal cities in the country by the end of thecentury.

The cities could benearly three feet underwater by the century's end, the climate change reporthas warned. The cities include Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, and Visakhapatnam, amongothers.

Since 1988, the IPCChas published global climate assessments every five to seven years,concentrating on changes in temperature and ice cover, greenhouse gasemissions, and sea levels throughout the world.

Data from satellites and ground equipment, as well as analysis and computer simulationsare used to make their sea-level forecasts. 

“Coastal areas willsee continued sea-level rise throughout the 21st century, contributing to morefrequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas and coastal erosionwith extreme sea-level events that previously occurred once in 100 years couldhappen every year by the end of this century,” said the IPCC Working Group Ireport.

Here are the Indiancities that will face the brunt of climate change as they fear rising sealevels. While these are initial projections at the current rate, if the trendscontinue by the end of the century these coastal cities will go under asmuch as three feet of water.

·       Kandla: 1.87 feet

·       Okha: 1.96 feet

·       Bhaunagar: 2.70 feet

·       Mumbai: 1.90 feet

·       Mormugao: 2.06 feet

·       Mangalore: 1.87 feet

·       Cochin: 2.32 feet

·       Paradip: 1.93 feet

·       Khidirpur: 0.49 feet

·       Visakhapatnam: 1.77 feet

·       Chennai: 1.87 feet

·       Tuticorin: 1.9 feet

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The major cause ofsuch changes is due to global warming. Human intervention has resulted in rapidchanges on the earth. The changes that have happened in the last 2000 years areastonishing. Greenhouse gas emissions have increased rapidly since1750. In 2019, the level of carbon dioxide in the environment has beenrecorded the highest ever.