Ironically, irrigation is supposed to compensate for low rainfall during weak monsoon seasons. But, it may itself be contributing to the weakening of monsoons.
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Irrigation does more than deplete groundwater, it changes climate too western region and a decrease over the wet eastern part of the Gangetic basin. Overall, the study found a decrease in the range of 1.5 to 4.2 per cent in the all India summer monsoon rainfall. <span>Ironically, irrigation is supposed to compensate for low rainfall during weak monsoon seasons. But, it may itself be contributing to the weakening of monsoons. “I would generally trust the temperature change results. For rainfall changes, it would be important to see robustness in the pattern of changes by looking at a host of climate models w Summary
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