Locust attack

Swarms of locusts have invaded India during the month of April. Let's go back to the root cause of this attack. 

Due to the warm waters in Western Indian Ocean, heavy rainfall occured in East Africa. Warm waters in Western Indian Ocean is due to a phenomenon called Indian Ocean Dipole ( water gets warmer to its west and cooler to its east). Global warming has amplified the dipole and has warmed the Western Indian Ocean. 

Locusts entered India before the usual period due to the excessive pre-monsoon rain during March-May. Monsoon rain during June-July may increase their rate of growth. Locusts may attack lakhs of food grains and can collapse our economy. 

On the whole, global warming is one of the reasons for this attack and so we need to take efforts to reduce the Earth's temperature. Let's save our planet, for a better future!💚