From 1982 to 2019, the frequency of cyclones in the Arabian Sea increased by 52%: study

 According to a recent study, the frequency of cyclones in the Arabian Sea increased by 52% from 1982 to 2019, and the number of very strong cyclones increased by 150% compared to 20 years ago. On the other hand, the frequency of cyclones decreased slightly during the same period.

Roxie, co-author of the MK study, said that the increase in cyclone activity in the Arabian Sea is closely related to the increase in water supply caused by rising sea temperatures and global warming.

"The number of cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased by 52%. The number of very strong cyclones has increased by 150%. Between 1982 and 2019, the number of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal has dropped by 8%," he said. Speaking of which.

The research was conducted by Medha Deshpande, Vinit Kumar Singh, Mano Kranti Gandhi, MK Roxy, R. Emmanuel, Umesh Kumar. They are owned by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology; Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Savitribai Fule Pune University; School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences, KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela .

Roxy said that in the past two decades, the total duration of cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased by 80%, while the duration of extremely strong cyclones has increased by 260%.

During the rainfall period after the monsoon, the intensity of cyclones in the Arabian Sea increased by about 20%. Roxy added that the accumulated cyclone energy in the Arabian Sea has almost tripled, but the Bay of Bengal has not changed significantly in this regard.