In Arunachal Pradesh, people of Bugun tribe in Singchung sub-division kept a watch on shifting weather patterns through changes in local vegetation and flow of water in the mountain springs. However, climate change has made such predictions tedious.
- The Hing Chachui tree would bloom with red flowers at the onset of winter. But now they grow late. The normal time for the onset of winter is the third week of November; but it happens in early December or later now.
- The Phumun grass that flowers at the end of the rainy season flowers much later, indicating an extended rainy season. The eastern Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh, where Singchung is located, is the most vulnerable to climate change.
(Source: Down To Earth)
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