Climate change delaying Blue Button sightings along Mumbai’s shores

Experts say prolonged monsoon and cyclonic winds pushing marine organisms ashore later than usual

Is climate change altering the seasonal occurrence of marine species? With the monsoon stretching longer this year, nature enthusiasts exploring Mumbai’s coastline are spotting Blue Buttons (Porpita porpita) much later than usual.

Experts note that these harmless marine organisms typically appear before the onset of the monsoon, but their late arrival could be linked to changing climatic patterns. Read More

Commonly known as Blue Buttons, Porpita porpita are small marine animals found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. In Mumbai, they generally wash ashore just before the rains, and traditional fishing communities have long considered them nat