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Vasco: Sea levels in the Indian Ocean are rising twice the global average due to wind and heat, a top scientist has said. Sea levels in the north Indian Ocean was rising about 0.3mm a year for decades, and from 2004 gained about 6mm annually, M Ravichandran, director of National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research said. "The sea levels in the Indian Ocean are almost double of the global mean in the present decade," he said.Ravichandran said the rise in sea levels was due to wind flows, which led to surge in warm water on the surface of the Indian Ocean. Ravichandran said it has a direct effect on the marine life of the Indian Ocean. "Wind and heat both play a role in the sea level rise in the Indian Ocean..