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State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

UPPCS · வினா 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
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

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

விளக்கம்

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