The Indian Ocean is warming much faster than we think, at a rate of 1.7-3.8°C per century

The Indian Ocean is experiencing unprecedented and accelerated warming that may continue throughout the century unless greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are reduced immediately. A new study published in the journal Science Direct  predicted that between 2020 and 2100, the Indian Ocean could warm at a rate of 1.7 to 3.8 degrees Celsius per century.

This could lead to large-scale socio-economic impacts along with significant impacts on biodiversity, particularly on coral reefs.

"The future increase in heat content is equivalent to adding the energy of one Hiroshima atomic bomb blast every second, all day, every day, for a decade," said Roxy Mathew Koll, a climatologist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and lead author. studies, in an interview for Down To Earth . (Akshit Sangomla, more at downtoearth.org.in)