India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information and Services (INCOIS), an autonomous institute under Ministry of Earth Sciences has prepared an interim report on the projected climate change induced Extreme Sea Levels and coastal vulnerability along the Indian coasts as part of Deep Ocean Mission. This report presents a comprehensive assessment of future sea-level rise and its implications for coastal India and the associated vulnerable maps for the 11 selected locations along the Indian coast. INCOIS also has published Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) maps at 1:100000 scale have been prepared including Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata based on the assessment of probable...