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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Jagdish Krishnaswamy

From Western disturbances to El Niño, climate change is affecting India’s food security

There has been a series of disruptive weather and climate phenomena in India this year, demonstrating the complexity of our precipitation system.

There was the Western disturbance, which usually brings much-needed moisture from European seas to the western Himalaya and parts of northern India in the winter and spring. But this year, the Western disturbance lived up to its name and remained active late into the summer, snapping at the heels of the southwest monsoon.

An El Niño phase

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