‘State’s summer temperature will rise up to 1.5°C in coming years’
The Hindu
It will impact farm productivity and cause submergence of islands, say scientists
Districts across Karnataka will see rise in summer temperature in the range of 0.5°C to 1.5°C in the coming years and will impact farm productivity, livestock, and cause submergence of islands, according to climate change experts. In the next one decade or so, the warming of summer temperature will be in the range of 0.5°C to 1.0°C, largely in the Western Ghat districts. Warming will be in the range of 1.0°C to 1.5°C in the northern districts of Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bagalkot, Koppal, and some of central and eastern districts such as Chitradurga, Tumakuru, and Davangere, according to N.H. Ravindranath and G. Bala, authors of multiple UN IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change) and professors of IISc., Bengaluru. In the long term, beyond the 2050s, they said the summer maximum temperature will be in the range of 1.0°C to 2.5°C in Karnataka. Warming will be between 1.0°C and 1.5°C in Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, and Shivamogga and in the range of 1.5°C to 2°C in Tumakuru, Mandya, Chitradurga, Davangere, Ballari, Gadag, and Koppal.
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