Climate change has resulted in several kinds of aberrations in the weather phenomenon all over the globe. The recent unprecedented rainfall leading to floods in 13 districts of North Karnataka was said to be one such event. Very high rainfall received over a short period of time in a region dominated by black soils, resulted in severe loss of crops, soils, soil organic matter and soil nutrients besides destruction of humans, livestock and farming infrastructure. The shallow depth and heavy texture of the soil made the situation worse. An estimate made after the calamity revealed that
nearly 287 million tonnes (mt) of top soil, 8 lakh tonnes of soil nutrients and 39 lakh tonnes of soil organic matter were washed away.