For over a decade, Orissa has been teetering from one extreme weather condition to another: from heatwaves to cyclones, drought to floods. The state has been declared
disaster-affected for 95 of the last 105 years. Why is this happening? Is it the result of global warming and climate change? Richard Mahapatra, who has been awarded the
CCDS-InfoChangeIndia Fellowship for development reportage, explores these questions in the first of a series of articles.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/disaster-dossier-impact-climate-change-orissa
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/richard-mahapatra
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/infochange
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cyclones
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
