‘Global warming alters rainfall pattern’ Scientists say that a shift in a key weather system is stimulating cyclones in the Bay of Bengal acon wostey Giobal warming hus tered Ay weather systems and that nay be whetting cyclones ta the Bay of Benga, docreas- Ing winter rain north india and altering global ranfll patterns, 3 study by 3 team Of Indian and US. research- cershas found. "The Madden-Julian Oscit Iaton QO), ass called, is moving band of rain lous ‘hat raves around the globe spanning 12,000-70,900 kin across thetropical ceans. In its journey it ineracts with surface waters of the Indo Pacific ocean, the largest pool of warm seater in the lobe, and due to this ~ the Suthers say ~ the lifecycle of the MO gets affected "he MO clouds on aver age are spending only 15 Gays, instead of 18, over the Inaizn Oces. ‘Over the west Paci, i in- crease by five days rom an ‘After the gale: inthis photo dated November 19, 2019, men average 16 days to 23 days). “vie this change in the resl- dence time of MjO douds ‘that has altered the weather pattems across the globe,” according to the research Paper shat appears in thet est edition of the journal ‘Nan. ‘When the MJO appears. in the Indian Ocean during the ‘are clearing debris from their damaged house after cyclone Bulbul hitthe area in Namuchana, West Bengal, «xrrens ‘monsoon months of June- September, it ean Increase rains over india. This year, India was poised to reteive ‘below normal monsoon rain fall in April bur ended up ‘with excessive rain party, duero tengo. ‘The study, led by Roxy Mathew Koll, a researcher at the Indian Institute of Tropi- cal Meteorology, Pune ‘doesn’t delve imto the impact ff the Ngo during the rnon- soon months. However, Mr. Koll told The Hindu,” the ‘change in the Ago could dri ‘warmer surface water 10- wards the Bay of Bengal and increase cyclones. “The fds haven't been 25 exten- sively studied a say the El ‘Nino. This study shows that we need better observation ‘of the Indian Ocean and im- prove forecasts that can ‘warn usabouta cyclone? ‘Ocean temperatures ‘To conspute the reduction in the mumber of MO days over the indian Ocean, the re- searchers ~ they included scientists from the U.S. Na- tonal Oceanic and sitmos- pherie Administration (NOAAD, the University of Washington and the Univer- sity of Tokyo — compared ‘ocean temperatures from 18612018 10 compute the changes. Global_warrning has been expanding the size of the warm pool on average bby 2,300 sq. km. annualiy From 1900-2018 and at an ac- celerated average rate of 4,000 sq. im. per year dur- {ing 1581-2018. “The changes in 490 beha- ‘vlour have’ Increased. the rainfall over northern Aut- tralia, west Paci, Amazon basin, southwest Africa and, southeast Asia Cndonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea), ‘At the same time these ‘changes have brought a de- ‘dine in rainfall over central Pacific, along the west and east coust of US. x, Calle fornia), north’ India, east Aitica and the Yangtze basin In China, The frequent Call- fornia fires, draughts in AR ‘ca and Bast Asian foods and ‘eyclones in the Bay of Bengal may be linked to these changes in global weather, the stuafy noted.an c an iy Ne ‘ 1 li u i Wt ii HilGuest column | Ann-Gayl Ellis Climate change affects everyone Editor's note: This is National Publie Health Week. 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