State of the Global Climate 2020 Report

21 Apr State of the Global Climate 2020 Report

(GS PAPER-3, ECOLOGY
SOURCE- The Hindu)

Context:

Recently The World Meteorological Organisation released the “State of the Global Climate 2020” report.

Key Findings-

• 2011-2020 was recorded as the warmest decade.
• The Cyclone Amphan is recorded as the costliest tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean.
• The Cyclone has made landfall in May 2020 near the India-Bangladesh border.
• The economic losses in India due to the cyclone is approximately 14 billion USD.
• In this decade India had one of its two wettest monsoon seasons since 1994.
• The average rainfall between June and September was recorded 9% above the long-term average monsoon of India
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