Several Indian cities likely to sink due to rising sea level

According to a report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), nearly 12 coastal cities of India sitting on the bank of the Indian coastline are likely to face the wrath of going underwater due to the increased risk of rising sea levels.

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The coastal cities including Chennai, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, and Mumbai face high risk and can go underwater by three feet by the end of the century.

The Sea Level Change Team at NASA has created a sea-level projection tool that makes extensive data on sea-level rise in the future from the IPCC easily accessible to the public.

Besides, a study published in the journal, Nature Communications, in 2019 had also predicted a similar threat for Mumbai, saying it is at the risk of being submerged by 2050.

The increase in sea levels will also adversely increase the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas and will directly or indirectly affect over a billion people.