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*We Should Listen The Warning Of Climate Change*

    -    Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh
Writer, Author & Social Activist
Blogger - "Climate Diary Of Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh"

    In the rainy season of 2022, both coastal and inland—are finding themselves underwater due to flood. Extreme weather, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts are increasingly to blame. Here’s a look at what links flooding and our warming world. Yes! Only one thing and that is climate change. The climate change is warning us in the form of irregularities in temperature and weather. We can save ourselves only by listening to this warning, understanding and making efforts accordingly.

Flood.. Flood.. More flood. What for the waiting we are? Flood havoc in western, eastern and southern districts of Rajasthan. There was a time when people here were unaware of words like flood but now the situation has turned to the opposite. Now floods are occurring in the desert almost every year. If we talk about Madhya Pradesh, then in Malwa, Nimar, Hoshangabad, Bhopal divisions, heavy rains forced the doors of the dams to open. Not only the elderly but middle-aged people also rightly said that "we have never seen such heavy rain in these areas before".
The surprising thing is that the forest is not able to attract rain. Most of the areas of Bundelkhand this time too have not received enough rain till the last week of August'22. Uttar Pradesh with big rivers is also suffering from low rainfall. At the same time, in August 2022, the earthquake of 5.2 in Lakhimpur Kheri area had put everyone in terrible panic. 20 Aug, 1:12 am, Earthquake tremors were felt in the entire district including Lakhimpur city. People were sleeping soundly at that time. People were stirred by this tremor of about 15 to 20 seconds. Fearing something untoward, people came out of their homes. Earthquake tremors were felt not only in Lakhimpur Kheri but in many districts adjoining Nepal including Lucknow, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Sitapur, Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Siddharthnagar. Actually, the country has been divided into four different zones regarding the earthquake. According to the Macro Seismic Zoning Mapping, it includes Zone-5 to Zone-2. Zone 5 has been rated as the most sensitive and similarly Zone 2 is considered the least sensitive. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4 to 4.9 can break windows. Household items may shake at a magnitude of 5 to 5.9. An earthquake of magnitude 6 to 6.9 can cause cracks in the foundations of buildings. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 to 7.9 can cause buildings to collapse. Large bridges can also collapse when an earthquake of magnitude 8 to 8.9 occurs. Earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 9 can cause complete destruction. If the sea is near, then a tsunami can also occur. Uttar Pradesh is in Zone-IV of Earthquake. Major parts of Uttar Pradesh are already in Zone-IV of Earthquake. Seismic Zone IV is considered the high-damage risk zone. The IS Code allots 0.24 to this zone. Moreover, 18% of the total area of the country belongs to Zone IV. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake report noticed the earthquakes increasing in 2022.
Just as earthquakes warn of geological changes, rain and drought also warn about climate change. The effect of climate change is now clearly visible in India too. This time in Monsoon season, where people lived in many parts of the country due to torrential rains and floods, there are some areas of the country where there was drought; there was very little rain here. At the beginning of the monsoon, the Indian Meteorological Department and meteorologists make many predictions about the monsoon, but this time the weather changed its activity many times and all the predictions appeared to be failing. It all starts with the release of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide and methane. As humans keep burning fossil fuels, the atmosphere gets hotter. That hot air holds more water vapor, and so when it rains, it rains harder. Climate scientists have been predicting for decades that heavy rain would get more common as the Earth heats up. "Over the last few decades, global warming has been on an accelerated pace and its marks can be seen in any single day of global weather since the 2000s. Generation Z has never lived a day without feeling the influence of global warming," added Roxy Mathew Koll from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune.
Normally 588 mm of rain should have been received across the country till August 16 but till now it has received 645.4 mm of rain. Central India received 24% excess rainfall in South India, 30% more rain while Northeast Eastern states received 17% less rain. Areas in the Ganges belt received up to 45% less rainfall than normal. If the state of Uttarakhand is seen in the areas of Ganga belt, then there was 12% less rain than normal in Uttar Pradesh, 45% in Bihar, 40% in Jharkhand, 36% and West Bengal 36%. At the same time, there are many areas of Assam, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Konkan and southern states where rains and floods have caused havoc. Due to the change in weather, this time torrential rains are continuing in the southern areas like Rajasthan, Maharashtra.. and Central India, whereas in North India such as the Gangetic plains, where there was more rain earlier, there is a drought situation.
In fact, for every degree (Celsius) of climate change, the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases by around 7%. This results in more intense extreme rainfall events almost everywhere as the world warms. So we will have tried to reduce global warming in anyhow. Because climate changes have warning to us in terms of heavy rains, droughts, increasing temperature, decreasing temperature etc. Overall, it is warning us in the form of irregularities in temperature and weather. We can save ourselves only by listening to this warning, understanding and making efforts accordingly.
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(28.08.2022)
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