MICRO CLIMATIC SHIFTING

MICRO CLIMATIC SHIFTING

Subject : Geography

Context : Gujarat districts to experience droughts while another faces floods in the same season. Drought-prone districts like Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, and Valsad have witnessed a shift towards extreme floods and storm surges in the last decade. These changing patterns are due to microclimatic changes.

Concept :

Micro climatic zone shifting

• The micro climatic zones are regions where the weather is different from the surrounding areas.
• The major reasons identified for the micro climatic zone shifting are disappearing wetlands, change in land use patterns, encroachment on natural ecosystems and urban heat Island.
• The urban heat Island occurs when a city or region experiences higher temperatures as compared to its nearby rural areas.
• These urban heat Island traps heat locally and is a major cause of micro climatic zone shifting