Over the last few years, the Capital's more urbanised & populated pockets have been recording warmer days by at least 2-3 degrees Celsius, compared to greener & spacious residential areas.
Findings don't imply 1.5C threshold is breached, but means earth has already warmed enough to start recording such temperatures. India may see more weather extremes like droughts.
Greater impact on night temperatures above 25°C in cities like Jalpaiguri, Guwahati, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Siliguri where 80-86 days above threshold were added, says Climate Central.
According to IMD, higher than expected minimum temperatures are increasing regions' heat stress by not allowing surfaces to cool down post sundown. This could have deadly health impacts.
Scientists have said the world ideally needs to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5C this century to avoid catastrophic effects from climate change.
Though mean temperatures had temporarily breached the 1.5C threshold before, this was the first time they had done so in the northern hemisphere summer that starts on 1 June.
Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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