307Economics of Climate Change and Socioeconomic Implications
according to the results of a model constructed by a Purdue University
research group. The group discovered through computer modeling that
they could inuence monsoon dynamics and cause there to be less summer
precipitation, a delay in the start of the monsoon season, and longer breaks
between rainy periods.
What is critical about this is that half of the world’s population lives in
areas that are currently affected by monsoons, where even slight deviations
from the norm can have signicant effects on the sensitive monsoonal pat-
terns and climate. The summer monsoon affects water resources, agricul-
ture, economics, ecosystems, and human health throughout southern Asia ...