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					<title>Why do changes in the Indian Ocean matter? [Explainer]</title>
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					<pubDate>20 Aug 2026 12:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Bharti Dharapuram]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Environment Explained]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Coast, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Fishing, Global Warming, Monsoons, Oceans, Overfishing, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the dynamic Indian Ocean, change is perpetual, as currents, environment, climate and biodiversity interact across multiple scales, even as global warming reshapes these interactions. The Indian Ocean is geologically the youngest of the world’s major oceans, sharing its origin with the Himalayas and is the third largest ocean in the world. Its dynamic nature, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the dynamic Indian Ocean, change is perpetual, as currents, environment, climate and biodiversity interact across multiple scales, even as global warming reshapes these interactions. The Indian Ocean is geologically the youngest of the world’s major oceans, sharing its origin with the Himalayas and is the third largest ocean in the world. Its dynamic nature, with its environment changing in space and time at various scales, impacts the region’s climate, headlined by the monsoon, and its rich biodiversity. The ocean is also the fastest warming tropical oceans in the world, threatening an increase in extreme climatic events and the decline of marine ecosystems that would impact a third of the global human population dependent on it for lives and livelihoods. How did the Indian Ocean take shape? The Indian Ocean originated from the ancient Tethys Sea, once a seaway linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean of today. This seaway closed gradually when a drifting Indian plate collided with the Asian landmass giving rise to the Himalayas, and the African and the Arabian plates closed the gap with Europe. Once a biodiversity hotspot teeming with marine species, particularly in its shallow tropical waters, the closure of this ancient sea led to widespread extinctions, shifting the centre of marine diversity eastwards to Southeast Asia. The closure also had a significant impact on land animals. One of the earliest known whale fossils, Himalayacetus (over 52 million years old), comes from oyster-rich deposits of the Tethys Sea in the foothills of the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/why-do-changes-in-the-indian-ocean-matter-explainer/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A fertile landscape at the crossroads of ecology and development [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-fertile-landscape-at-the-crossroads-of-ecology-and-development-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Aug 2026 15:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[C.P. Rajendran]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solution]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Fish, Fishing, Floods, Lakes, Monsoons, Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Waste management, Water, Water Pollution, and Wetlands]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Kuttanad region of Kerala, often celebrated as the &#8220;rice bowl&#8221; of the state, is a landscape of profound beauty and immense ecological significance. Yet, its existence is a delicate balancing act, a testament to both the generative power of nature and the often-destructive ambition of human intervention. This intricate wetland system, a mosaic of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Kuttanad region of Kerala, often celebrated as the &#8220;rice bowl&#8221; of the state, is a landscape of profound beauty and immense ecological significance. Yet, its existence is a delicate balancing act, a testament to both the generative power of nature and the often-destructive ambition of human intervention. This intricate wetland system, a mosaic of lush green paddy fields, labyrinthine canals, and the vast expanse of Vembanad lake, is a geographical marvel that is simultaneously a victim of its own fertility and the relentless pressures of modernisation. Kuttanad is world-renowned for its below-sea-level paddy cultivation and unique brackish-water ecosystem. Alongside this remarkable agricultural practice, the region&#8217;s brackish-water ecosystem supports a thriving inland fisheries sector, with the Vembanad estuary serving as a critical nursery for numerous fish and prawn species. Together, these intertwined livelihoods — agriculture and fisheries — form the economic and cultural backbone of Kuttanad. So distinctive and globally significant is this integrated farming system that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has recognised it as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), placing Kuttanad alongside other iconic agricultural landscapes like the terraced rice fields of the Philippines and the saffron fields of Kashmir. Geologically speaking, Kuttanad is a young and dynamic landscape. In the distant past, this region formed part of the shallow coastal shelf of the Arabian Sea. Over millennia, the powerful rivers originating in the Western Ghats, chiefly the Pampa, Achankovil, and Manimala, carried massive loads of silt and alluvium from the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-fertile-landscape-at-the-crossroads-of-ecology-and-development-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings</title>
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					<pubDate>27 Apr 2026 12:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Phalguni Ranjan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[breeding grounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghost nets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olive ridleys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turtle]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Odisha]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Coast, Coastal erosion, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Plastic, Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Waste management, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Rushikulya rookery in Odisha’s Ganjam district is among the most important turtle rookeries in the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) converge here to lay eggs in a synchronous mass nesting event or arribada, with almost 700,000 olive ridleys coming ashore to lay eggs in February 2025 alone. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Rushikulya rookery in Odisha’s Ganjam district is among the most important turtle rookeries in the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) converge here to lay eggs in a synchronous mass nesting event or arribada, with almost 700,000 olive ridleys coming ashore to lay eggs in February 2025 alone. However, plastic pollution and its associated problems plague this important 10-km stretch along India’s eastern coastline. A recent study by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, reports significant presence of plastic waste and discarded fishing nets across four nesting beaches at Rushikulya, reflecting a global crisis of ever-increasing marine plastic pollution. Nesting among plastics Surveys across four nesting beaches — New Podampetta, Purunabandha, Siddhantnagar, and Prayagi — during the peak 2025 nesting season recorded more than 1,100 litter items, over 85% of which were plastic. The presence of plastic bottles, wrappers, and bags indicated both land-based runoff and direct human activity as key sources. Fisheries-related debris, including discarded nets, thermocol, and nylon rope fragments — collectively termed as ‘ghost gear’ or abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) — made up 41% of all recorded litter across all sites. Fishing nets alone made up around 32% of the recorded litter at New Podampetta, while thermocol too contributed a little over 31% at Siddhantnagar. Olive ridley turtles being released to the sea at Visakhapatnam. Representative image by Drashokk via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Concerningly, standardised environmental quality indices like the Plastic Abundance Index&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/plastic-litter-and-ghost-nets-threaten-olive-ridley-hatchlings/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/art-as-a-tool-to-enable-resilience-against-tidal-flooding/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Dec 2025 13:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[K.A. Shaji]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Divya Kilikar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban areas]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Coast, Floods, Oceans, Sea Level Rise, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[In many low-lying wards of Ernakulam district, Kerala, the day begins with high tides flooding homes. Salt creeps through cracks in the floor, into water in wells, corrodes meter boxes and woodwork, and forces residents to lift bedding and electrical fittings to higher areas. Children paddle barefoot through ankle-deep brine to school. The tide is [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In many low-lying wards of Ernakulam district, Kerala, the day begins with high tides flooding homes. Salt creeps through cracks in the floor, into water in wells, corrodes meter boxes and woodwork, and forces residents to lift bedding and electrical fittings to higher areas. Children paddle barefoot through ankle-deep brine to school. The tide is no longer an occasional visitor for thousands of families. These are not the sudden floods that make headlines. These are slow, repetitive incursions of sea water that wear down furniture, livelihoods, and patience alike. Sea level rise, local subsidence, canal siltation, ill-planned reclamation, and overstressed drainage systems together lengthen high tides, allowing slack water to linger for hours. Experts call it high-tide flooding or tidal flooding. Urged by this quiet crisis, artists, scientists, and residents in Kochi have formed an alliance to raise awareness and spur action. They translate tide charts into choreography, telemetry into murals, and household repair into a collective ritual. These are displayed at KaBhumM!!!, a museum project at the Kerala Museum in Edapally. At the recent staging of Chavittu Natakam, Kerala’s centuries-old Christian folk theatre, in Kochi, performers used the traditional dance-drama form to narrate stories of tidal flooding and coastal communities. Image by K.A. Shaji. The stage that floods The artistic movement did not begin in a gallery, but rather in flooded squares and courtyard stages. Traditional Chavittu Natakam troupes adapted theatre to tell the story of the sea, performing in flood waters. On a monsoon evening in Vypin, an&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/art-as-a-tool-to-enable-resilience-against-tidal-flooding/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Reef islands in need of restoration</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/03/reef-islands-in-need-of-restoration/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Mar 2025 14:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reefs]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas and Nature-based Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Tamil Nadu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Islands, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[Afloat the turquoise waters in the Gulf of Mannar, along the Tamil Nadu coast from Rameswaram to Tuticorin, are islands that house the country’s richest marine biodiversity. More than 4,223 species of flora and fauna are found here. The region was named a Marine National Park in 1986 and the country’s first Marine Biodiversity Reserve [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Afloat the turquoise waters in the Gulf of Mannar, along the Tamil Nadu coast from Rameswaram to Tuticorin, are islands that house the country’s richest marine biodiversity. More than 4,223 species of flora and fauna are found here. The region was named a Marine National Park in 1986 and the country’s first Marine Biodiversity Reserve three years later. But there&#8217;s now trouble in this marine paradise. Two out of 22 islands have already vanished, with erosion threatening the ones that remain. A recent study of the islands in the Gulf of Mannar by the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography found that approximately 5.40% of the overall surface areas of these islands has reduced since 1973. Additionally, many of these islands are also experiencing erosion and accretion due to rising sea levels and ocean swells. How islands erode The islands in the Gulf of Mannar are spread across 10,500 square kilometres and divided into five main archipelagos: Rameswaram (one island), Mandapam (seven islands), Keelakarai (seven islands), Vembar (three islands), and Tuticorin (four islands). Poovarasanapatti, an island in the Keelakarai group, disappeared before 1973, and Villanguchalli in the Tuticorin group disappeared completely by 2000. Map by Wetlands International via Ramsar Sites Information Service. Accretion (growth) and erosion across these islands are mediated by a number of factors, including wave dynamics, wind speeds, the frequency and intensity of storms. Among the biggest factors, however, are ocean swells. “Ocean swells are long duration waves with higher energy compared to regular waves. We have seen a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/03/reef-islands-in-need-of-restoration/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Commentary] The risk of a potential circulation change in the Atlantic adds to climate worries</title>
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					<pubDate>21 Nov 2024 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[C.P. Rajendran]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Emission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CO2 emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP29]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Glaciers, Monsoons, Oceans, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[In October this year, a group of climate scientists wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, expressing their concerns about the serious risk of a major ocean circulation change in the Atlantic ocean. This letter published online and signed by eminent climate scientists, argues that the danger of a weakening ocean circulation [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In October this year, a group of climate scientists wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, expressing their concerns about the serious risk of a major ocean circulation change in the Atlantic ocean. This letter published online and signed by eminent climate scientists, argues that the danger of a weakening ocean circulation in the Atlantic, greatly underestimated even by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warrants urgent action. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the dominant mechanism of northward heat transport in the North Atlantic, is critical to life conditions for all people in the Arctic region and beyond. The scientists worry that a shift in this circulation could cause major cooling in Nordic countries and affect the entire globe, disrupting tropical rainfall in the Indian Ocean and reducing the ocean&#8217;s ability to absorb carbon dioxide. This, they believe, calls for greater urgency in the global effort to reduce emissions as early as possible. Climate scientists have known long that the Arctic region is the &#8220;ground zero&#8221; for many global changes. The U.S. government&#8217;s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2021 Arctic Report Card showcases the numerous ways climate change continues to alter the Arctic, which recalls the image of an ever-frozen landscape. The report by NOAA mentions how the increasing heat and the ice loss are transforming this land into a warmer, less frozen one with an unpredictable future trajectory. Studies from another part of ground zero &#8211; Greenland &#8211; reveal a risky proposition that&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/11/commentary-the-risk-of-a-potential-circulation-change-in-the-atlantic-adds-to-climate-worries/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Urgency brews to foreground loss and damage at COP27</title>
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					<pubDate>01 Sep 2022 12:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP27]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Extreme Weather Events, Habitat Loss, Impacts of Climate Change, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[“With the increase in frequency and intensity of cyclones, and the seas getting rougher, the fishing time has reduced, thereby reducing profits,” says Pradip Chatterjee, national convenor of the National Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers. He is talking about the challenges faced by the coastal communities in West Bengal, who fish from the Bay [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[“With the increase in frequency and intensity of cyclones, and the seas getting rougher, the fishing time has reduced, thereby reducing profits,” says Pradip Chatterjee, national convenor of the National Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers. He is talking about the challenges faced by the coastal communities in West Bengal, who fish from the Bay of Bengal. “Nowadays, the species usually present in a particular area of the sea, are also changing due to increasing cyclones, which is altering our fishing practices. The traditional knowledge is getting lost. And we can’t even dry the fish by the beach anymore, with unpredictable weather and erosion. The fish rots if it can’t be dried. It’s getting increasingly difficult for the communities to stay on the coast,” he continues. In the year 2022 alone, India has faced extreme heatwave, unprecedented floods and excess and unprecedented rainfall. These extreme weather events led to deaths, huge economic losses, health impacts, impact on food and water security. Slow onset events like sea-level rise, coastal erosion and glacier melting have led to temporary and permanent relocation for several communities, loss of biodiversity and loss of livelihoods. In different parts of the world the extreme weather events, over the last year, have put a spotlight on the economic and non-economic losses intensified due to climate change. However, for the small island developing nations, the Least Developed Countries and other vulnerable nations, the losses and damages occurred have been reported to be far more than the industrialised nations, due&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2022/09/urgency-brews-to-foreground-loss-and-damage-at-cop27/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The Arabian Sea faces an increased frequency and duration of marine heatwave days, finds study</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2022/06/the-arabian-sea-faces-an-increased-frequency-and-duration-of-marine-heatwave-days-finds-study/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Jun 2022 14:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sahana Ghosh]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine heatwave]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Arabian Sea and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global Warming, Research, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[&#160; The Arabian Sea is experiencing a rapid increase in heatwave days with sea surface temperature extremes in the last decade sometimes stretching out through a season, according to a new study. In the last four decades, between 1982 and 2019, every decade has seen roughly 20 more marine heatwave days, says the study, that [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Hi reader, a small request before you go ahead: Local environment stories matter at a national and global level. We connect the dots for you. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get our stories sent straight to your inbox, every Saturday. &nbsp; The Arabian Sea is experiencing a rapid increase in heatwave days with sea surface temperature extremes in the last decade sometimes stretching out through a season, according to a new study. In the last four decades, between 1982 and 2019, every decade has seen roughly 20 more marine heatwave days, says the study, that used satellite data to highlight the trends of these marine temperature extremes on the west coast of India. The increasing trend of marine heatwave (MHW) days is more noticeable after the year 2000, and is clearly visible after 2015. The accelerated trend of the heatwave days is found to be driven by the rapid rise in the mean sea surface temperature (SST) of the Arabian Sea in the recent decade, the paper highlights. Longer heatwave days are also associated with climate patterns such as El Niño, which is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that involves fluctuating ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific, coupled with changes in the atmosphere. La Nina is the cooling phase of ENSO. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, all naturally occurring climate events now take place against a background of human-induced climate change which is worsening extreme weather&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2022/06/the-arabian-sea-faces-an-increased-frequency-and-duration-of-marine-heatwave-days-finds-study/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Hard constructions continue to erode Kerala’s coastline, leaving communities stranded</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/hard-constructions-continue-to-erode-keralas-coastline-leaving-communities-stranded/</link>
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					<pubDate>05 May 2022 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Supriya Vohra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communities]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[The India Water Story]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Coast, Coastal erosion, Environmental Politics, Fish, Fishing, Oceans, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 5 p.m. on February 10, at least 30 residents of Chellanam, a coastal village near Kochi in central Kerala, gathered on the side of the village road. The group was a motley of men and women of ages ranging from 40 to 75 — fishers, fishworkers, fish sellers, boat owners, and homeowners. They had [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 5 p.m. on February 10, at least 30 residents of Chellanam, a coastal village near Kochi in central Kerala, gathered on the side of the village road. The group was a motley of men and women of ages ranging from 40 to 75 — fishers, fishworkers, fish sellers, boat owners, and homeowners. They had set up a temporary shelter with bamboo, tarpaulin and bright green plastic chairs. Two speakers and a mic were also arranged. A huge banner with their cause and demands, and a whiteboard stating the day of protest – 837. The group, part of a local non-profit forum Kochi Chellanam Janakeeya Vedi, were protesting the loss of their homes and livelihoods to coastal erosion and demanding that the government take proper action to protect their coastline. Their protest in Chellanam began on October 28, 2019, shortly after the village started experiencing severe erosion, and continues till date. Chellanam is just one of the many villages affected by coastal erosion in the southern Indian coastal state. In November 2018, the National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) published a shoreline assessment study for southwest India. The study analysed the 1968-2014 period using multi-dated shoreline images and Survey of India (SOI) topographic charts. The analysis revealed that almost 60 percent of Kerala’s coastline is eroding. Apart from seal level rise, anthropogenic factors are a leading cause for an irreversible loss of land. People from the fishing community in Chellanam, Kerala, during day 837 of their protest demanding solutions&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/hard-constructions-continue-to-erode-keralas-coastline-leaving-communities-stranded/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Climate negotiators must wake up to loss and damage as disasters multiply</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/climate-negotiators-must-wake-up-to-loss-and-damage-as-disasters-multiply/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Nov 2021 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Soumya Sarkar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP26]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss and damage]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Impacts of Climate Change, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow nears its end and negotiators wrangle over the minutiae of the proposed consensus document, pressure is mounting on them to act on loss and damage brought on by the impacts of climate change. Impatience at the glacial pace of progress at the annual UN summits for the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow nears its end and negotiators wrangle over the minutiae of the proposed consensus document, pressure is mounting on them to act on loss and damage brought on by the impacts of climate change. Impatience at the glacial pace of progress at the annual UN summits for the past quarter-century has placed the credibility of the negotiations at the Glasgow on the dock, experts said. Trust between nations, organisations, corporations, NGOs, and activists has become hard to find. The mistrust runs so deep that each new initiative at the 26th edition of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (CoP26) in Glasgow is dismissed as soon as it’s announced. In such a scenario, the success of the conference will depend on the action promised on climate finance, experts and activists said. The summit will also be judged on how it addresses the urgent issue of loss and damage, which is defined as the impacts of climate change that were not averted or minimised through adaptation and mitigation measures. Unavoidable climate-related disasters, such as severe cyclones and recurrent floods in India and Bangladesh, have already disproportionately affected some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, which are typically some of the least responsible for the catastrophes. Vulnerable countries and communities urgently need finance to support their recovery, protect human rights and development gains, and prepare for future displacement and livelihood losses, experts said. There is a need to break the stalemate on international loss and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/climate-negotiators-must-wake-up-to-loss-and-damage-as-disasters-multiply/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/how-climate-change-is-taking-a-toll-on-livelihoods-of-small-scale-fishers-in-kerala/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Aug 2021 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[K.V.A. Khadar]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artisanal fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihood]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Conserving Agro-biodiversity]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Fish, Fishing, Global Warming, Oceans, Overfishing, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[Until recently, Kerala’s coastal population had every reason to rejoice the arrival of the monsoon in the state. Apart from numerous good fishing hauls, the important celebratory moments like weddings came about during the monsoon season which spans from June to August, as they generally attained economic stability during the period. However, over the last [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Until recently, Kerala’s coastal population had every reason to rejoice the arrival of the monsoon in the state. Apart from numerous good fishing hauls, the important celebratory moments like weddings came about during the monsoon season which spans from June to August, as they generally attained economic stability during the period. However, over the last few years, climate change and the ensuing shifts in the marine environment have disrupted the rhythm of their lives. Long gone are the days of big catches and the subsequent rise in seasonal income for the small-scale fishers. “Our age-old custom of planning and celebrating big events during the monsoon season has come to a halt as this period no longer offers us a stable income for the past few years. Lately, the monsoon is quite erratic in its patterns resulting in a reduction in the number of fishing days, and thus becoming the worst-hit season of the year,” says 55-year old Ponnan K., a traditional fisherman from Alappuzha. In addition, the unavailability of commercially important fishes also adds to their woes. “These days we return with empty boats. Going out fishing only adds to our debts,” says Unnikrishnan T.B., another fisherman from Vypin in Ernakulam district. Like Ponnan and Unnikrishnan, as many as 1,37,248 active fishermen in Kerala are passing through a difficult phase in their life, as the impacts of climate change are taking a toll on the livelihoods of the small-scale fishermen who go for fishing primarily to feed their families on&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/how-climate-change-is-taking-a-toll-on-livelihoods-of-small-scale-fishers-in-kerala/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The development plan that could end up sinking Lakshadweep islands</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2021/06/the-development-plan-that-could-end-up-sinking-lakshadweep-islands/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Jun 2021 14:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[K.A. Shaji]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India's Iconic Landscapes]]>
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							<![CDATA[Lakshadweep]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Climate Change, Global Warming, Oceans, Sea Level Rise, and Tourism]]>
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							<![CDATA[A resident of Androth island in Lakshadweep, Muhammed Hambdulla Syed, says that the islands are facing an environmental disaster. “Our forefathers landed here centuries ago but the local community has caused very little damage to the fragile ecosystem of the archipelago as its sustenance is vital to all of us. Recurring climate change events and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A resident of Androth island in Lakshadweep, Muhammed Hambdulla Syed, says that the islands are facing an environmental disaster. “Our forefathers landed here centuries ago but the local community has caused very little damage to the fragile ecosystem of the archipelago as its sustenance is vital to all of us. Recurring climate change events and interference by outsiders like mindless deep-sea fishing are causing irreparable damage to our islands&#8217; highly fragile marine ecosystem,” he said. Surrounded by the Arabian Sea and located about 200 kilometres off the west coast of Kerala, Lakshadweep is India&#8217;s smallest union territory and is hardly two metres above sea level. Coconut groves and regulated tourism are the two main income-generating avenues for the local population of about 64,000. Rearing cows is another livelihood option for the island population. Though the union territory comprises 16 atolls and 32 islands, human presence is limited only to 11 islands. The islands recently made headlines when reports revealed that the administration is planning to open it up for large-scale beachside tourism and infrastructure development. “The proposed large-scale human interventions would aggravate climate change-related disasters in the coming days apart from eclipsing our livelihood possibilities considerably,&#8221; Muhammed Hambdulla Syed told Mongabay-India. According to Muneer Manikfan, a diabetologist and the vice-chairman of the council of Minicoy, an island in the southern part of Lakshadweep, the alarming loss of coral reefs has already turned fatal for all the atolls in the island cluster. He said the corals formed the backdrop for all&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/06/the-development-plan-that-could-end-up-sinking-lakshadweep-islands/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in peril due to sea-level rise, says study</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2020/03/ganges-brahmaputra-meghna-delta-in-peril-due-to-sea-level-rise-says-study/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Mar 2020 13:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[GBSNP Varma]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[river]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea erosion]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[India's Iconic Landscapes]]>
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							<![CDATA[Sundarbans and West Bengal]]>
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							<![CDATA[Coast, Coastal erosion, Rivers, and Sea Level Rise]]>
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							<![CDATA[The water level in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta, covering a part of West Bengal and two-thirds of Bangladesh could rise up to 85 to 140 centimetres by 2100, said a latest study. It noted that being one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, the GBM delta presents a major challenge for climate change [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The water level in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta, covering a part of West Bengal and two-thirds of Bangladesh could rise up to 85 to 140 centimetres by 2100, said a latest study. It noted that being one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, the GBM delta presents a major challenge for climate change adaptation of nearly 200 million inhabitants. It is often considered as a delta mostly exposed to sea-level rise and exacerbated by land subsidence.  The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in January 2020 noted that it clearly appears that during the 1968 to 2012 period, the relative water level (RWL) in the GBM delta has increased at approximately the same pace, sometimes even slightly faster, than the global mean sea-level. It stressed said the relative water level (RWL) changes are triggered by three factors including river and water flows, the sinking of land and the sea-level rise.  The lead author of the study, Melanie Becker of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), explained to Mongabay-India that “it’s the total water level (WL) changes that are effectively felt by the delta&#8217;s populations.”  The study done by a group of researchers from France, India, Bangladesh, United States of America and China considered six regions in the delta. They found that each region shows its own water-level rise in the range of 85 -140 cm by 2100.  Becker stressed that the findings can “plausibly be used by decision and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2020/03/ganges-brahmaputra-meghna-delta-in-peril-due-to-sea-level-rise-says-study/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, says biodiversity report</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2019/05/marine-plastic-pollution-has-increased-tenfold-since-1980-says-biodiversity-report/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 May 2019 14:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mayank Aggarwal]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Plastic, Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Tropical Forests, Water, and Water Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades and more than ever before in human history, according to a recent report. The unsustainable exploitation of natural resources by humans is impacting nature and with “grave impacts” on people across the world, it said. Additionally, the world’s waters and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades and more than ever before in human history, according to a recent report. The unsustainable exploitation of natural resources by humans is impacting nature and with “grave impacts” on people across the world, it said. Additionally, the world’s waters and the wildlife they hold are under stress from human activities indicates the report, by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). It revealed that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980 affecting at least 267 species, including 86 percent of marine turtles, 44 percent of seabirds and 43 percent of marine mammals and this can affect humans through food chains. Over 80 percent of the global wastewater is being discharged back into the environment without treatment, while 300-400 million tons of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge and other wastes from industrial facilities are dumped into the world’s waters every year, said the report. Moreover, excessive fertilisers from agricultural fields that find their way into the coastal ecosystems are creating “dead zones” or hypoxic areas in the oceans which impact the survival of marine life.   More than 40 percent of amphibian species, almost 33 percent of reef-forming corals and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened with extinction, said the report. The revelations were made in the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services released by the IPBES, a first of its kind report, on May 6.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2019/05/marine-plastic-pollution-has-increased-tenfold-since-1980-says-biodiversity-report/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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