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State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

UPPCS · ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ 19

Which of the following reasons caused catastrophic coral bleaching and mass coral deaths in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

  1. Increased industrial activities in the coastal regions
  2. Increase of 2 degrees C temperature in the Indian Ocean
  3. Heavy marine pollution
  4. Decrease of temperature by 4 degrees C in the Indian Ocean
ಉತ್ತರ ತೋರಿಸು ಮತ್ತು ವಿವರಣೆ

ಉತ್ತರ: (B) Increase of 2 degrees C temperature in the Indian Ocean

ವಿವರಣೆ

The 2024 mass bleaching was caused by a marine heatwave that raised sea-surface temperatures about 2 degrees C above normal.