Refuting the general dilemmas - whether the world would submerge under water after a rise in temperature due global warming, or will it go back to ice age - Geographer and the Director General of Madhya Pradesh Science and Technology Council, Dr Janardan Negi, gave an entirely new perspective on changing weather condition.
Speaking on the 'Sudden climate change world over' at the Press Information Bureau (PIB), he said, "The world reaches to the point of an ice age after every one lakh years."
The lecture by Dr Negi gave interesting insights into the abrupt climate changes that the world has witnessed this year. Indicating towards the various natural climatic disorders since 2004, like the tsunami, the hurricanes and the cyclones, Dr Negi said that such incidents are definitely hinting towards a major climatic change. "Local incidents give a hint about the global patterns," he added.
He referred to five important X-factors that affect the climatic change - astrophysics, atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. He also said that 'urban heat', a phenomenon that misguides temperature measurement, prevents the exact calculation of temperature. To explain his point of view, he quoted from the latest publication of an international magazine which titled its issue on the abrupt changes in the weather patterns as, 'Be worried, be very worried.'
Referring to the latest hail and rainfall in Madhya Pradesh on March 9, Mr Negi said, "These weather changes are not just a national observation, but a phenomenon world over." Countries like China, Belgium and Germany have faced a very errant weather in last two years. China faced the chilliest winter this year; Germany witnessed snowfall in the most unlikely season. He cited countless reports where strange and bizarre climatic changes were observed in the past two years. Concluding the lecture with a thought prevalent in anthropology, he said, "It's a big misconception that man moves the world."
