NEW DELHI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has called upon the country's scientists to address climate change and global warming to tackle the adverse situations arising out of extreme weather conditions.
"Weather and climate were posing new challenges with each passing day," Naidu said on Monday evening while interacting with scientists and young researchers of the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
"We are experiencing global warming and its effects in the form of extreme weather, cyclonic storms, intense thunderstorms, torrential rain, and droughts. Changing weather and climate patterns also affect our agriculture and economy," he added.
Referring to the challenges like an increase in high impact weather systems, water scarcity, drying up of rivers, growing pollution and survival threat to several animal and plant species due to climate change, he said that it was highly imperative for scientists and researchers to address these issues.
According to him, the Indian subcontinent has distinct climatic zones and their interaction with global climate patterns needs to be studied on a priority basis for human being's long term well-being.
NARL is an autonomous research institute funded by the Indian government's Department of Space. It is engaged in fundamental and applied research in the field of atmospheric sciences.
