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Effects of Sea Level Change on Vulnerable East Coast of India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University, 753 12 Uppsala, SWEDEN
  • 2Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University, 753 12 Uppsala, SWEDEN

Res. J. Marine Sci., Volume 2, Issue (1), Pages 1-5, December,24 (2013)

Abstract

The climate system is so complicated to understand since it interacts with each and every object on the earth. This report is about the sea level rise and its impacts due to climate change along the coast of India covering the states of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odhisa, and West Bengal on the East. Agriculture is the major livelihood along the coastal areas of tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. The sea level rise impacts can be noticed along the Cauvery delta and Godavari delta, (which are formed by the major rivers of Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh) as saltwater intrusion, soil erosion, and reduction in the availability of fishery resources due to increased ocean temperature. Thus the landscape changes due to climate change can be clearly demarcated and also in vice versa, the impacts of Landscape change inducing climate change can be explained as the change in energy flux of incoming solar radiation which is compared with the changes in agricultural areas and shrinking water bodies.

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