Sunday 11 November 2018

Devdiscourse: Climate change effecting blue economy of India say scientists

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"There would be a drop in productivity of marine species as there was a gradual damage being caused to the ecosystem and biodiversity, the Vice-Chancellor said.

Warming of the Indian Ocean at a fast pace owing to climate change poses a threat to the multi-million dollar blue economy of India, scientists said here Thursday. Climate change is affecting fisheries through change in stock productivity and its distribution, they said during the opening session of a 'Winter School on Climate Change in Marine Fisheries' being organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute here.

The change in climate change is causing floods and drought across the globe, Vice-Chancellor of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies A Ramachandran said while inaugurating the 21-day school which would provide a platform for an academic-oriented discussion on the effect of climate change on marine species.

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