A study carried out by IIT Bombay and BITS Pilani, Goa has found that the carbon sink capacity of Indian forests is declining due to rising temperatures. The forests and the oceans are full to the brim with polluted content, their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and thus clean the environment is all but exhausted. The Western Ghats are amongst the worst affected areas losing its famed biodiversity at an alarming rate as also its vegetation productivity. Many species of flora and fauna are getting extinct which is adversely impacting human survival and livelihoods too. Declining photosynthesis capacity of various plant species is a major effect of global warming which in turn leads to loss of green cover and consequently further rise in temperatures ; it's a vicious cycle. Unchecked construction activity, major road building, cutting of hill slopes, filling of natural water bodies, rampant deforestation etc. are aggravating matters and pushing this world towards a fifth major extinction, it seems to be the beginning of the end.
