Indian Ocean basin to see accelerated warming, says study

Indian Ocean basin to warm at 1.7-3.8°C per century, leading to severe weather events, marine heatwaves, and extreme cyclones, impacting monsoon development.

The Indian Ocean basin, the fastest warming basin in the world, will see accelerated warming at a rate of 1.7°C-3.8°C per century during 2020-2100, a new research paper has projected, warning that this will lead to an increase in severe weather events, prolonged marine heatwaves and extreme Indian Ocean Dipole events that will influence the monsoon and cyclone development.

The worst warming will be in the northwestern Indian Ocean. (AFP)

The authors used observed data for the historical period and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s simulations under low-to-high emission scenarios