Showing posts with label Indian Ocean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Ocean. Show all posts

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.