Due to climate change some unusual activities can be seen in the coastal areas of ​​India including Bay of Bengal, South China Sea and Indian Ocean.

Scientists have been warning about climate change and its impact on the environment for several years now. Scientists are of the opinion that due to global warming, many threats related to the environment can be seen in the future.

A new study has now said that due to climate change some unusual activities can be seen in the coastal areas of ​​India including the Bay of Bengal, South China Sea and Indian Ocean. The findings of the study have been published in the journal 'Climate Dynamics' Springer.

The study states that the strong winds will affect the coastal areas of India's east and west coast and countries bordering the Indian Ocean, which will have an impact on coastal flooding and shoreline changes. This new study may increase the concerns of people living in and around the cities along the coast.

Because of climate change these areas are already at risk of devastating floods. Increased sea wave movement can increase the risk of flooding, as well as affect shoreline configuration. Because of this, infrastructure can be damaged.

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Cyclone Batsirai slammed into the Indian Ocean island late Saturday, battering the southeastern coastline until it moved away late Sunday, leaving 91,000 people with damaged or destroyed homes, according to the state disaster relief agency.

It was Madagascar's second destructive storm in two weeks, after Cyclone Ana killed 55 people and displaced 130,000 in a different area of the country, further north.

The island nation, which has a population of nearly 30 million, was already struggling with food shortages in the south, a consequence of a severe and prolonged drought. The World Food Program said Batsirai had made the situation worse by destroying crops that were just two weeks from harvest.

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On the occasion of the One Ocean Summit taking place in Brest, France, UNESCO announced it has set itself the goal of including ocean education in the school curricula of its 193 Member States by 2025. To achieve this goal, the United Nations agency is making available to public decision-makers a toolkit with a shared reference framework of educational content on the ocean.

" The international community must make education one of the pillars of its action for the ocean. Because if we want to protect it better, we must teach it better. On the occasion of the One Ocean Summit, I am setting a common objective for our 193 Member States: to include ocean education in school curricula by 2025. " Audrey Azoulay UNESCO Director-General, during her presence in Brest.

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Ahead of the One Ocean Summit in Brest, OceanOPS - the Joint Centre of the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO - will launch the Odyssey Project endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The Odyssey Project will support the Global Ocean Observing System.

On the 8th February, diverse international stakeholders – including citizens, scientists, sailors, shipping industries and fishing companies – will takes part in the kick-off meeting of the Odyssey Project to express their engagement within the international ocean observing community providing sustained support for ocean observations.

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New Zealand Ocean Racing has advised that it has formally withdrawn its entry to The Ocean Race (TOR) 2022/2023.

Headed by New Zealand sailor and alumni of The Ocean Race, Bianca Cook, New Zealand Ocean Racing had been working to compete in the V065 class of the famed round the world race. Unfortunately, the unavoidable impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with a lack of sponsorship, has made continuing with the campaign untenable.

“This is not a decision we ever wanted to have to make. We’re devastated.” says Cook. “We have always been realistic about what we needed to achieve to get us to the start line in 2022, and sadly we just couldn’t make that happen. The effects of Covid-19 and the withdrawal of Auckland as a race stopover have made it impossible – despite our best efforts – to get to Alicante for the Race.”

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Forecasts say Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is increasing in intensity and is expected to pass north of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on Wednesday evening and make landfall in central Madagascar on Saturday afternoon.

Forecasts say Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is increasing in intensity and is expected to pass north of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on Wednesday evening and make landfall in central Madagascar on Saturday afternoon.

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System says Batsirai has been upgraded and classified as Category 4. The system, a joint United Nations and the European Union Commission project, says the cyclone’s wind speed had increased to 231 kilometers per hour on Wednesday morning.

Madagascar’s meteorology directorate has warned seafarers and issued cyclone alerts in 16 districts projected to be in the storm’s path.

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