Large-scale changes in land use land cover weakening Indian monsoon: IIT study - MUMBAI - The Hindu
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Large-scale changes of land use land cover (LULC) from forest land to crop land and the loss of green cover in north-east and north-central India has caused the weakening of the monsoon, a new study carried out by the Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies (IPCS) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has revealed.
Led by Professor Subimal Ghosh and Supantha Paul of IPCS, the study looks at changes and variability of Indian monsoon and its association with local factors such as recent changes of land use land cover. The study has been published in Scientific Reports by Nature Publishing Group.