Is India getting hotter?
The article discusses the prevalence of heatwave conditions across several Indian cities, attributing the increased heat-related distress to a delayed monsoon and the near certainty of an El Niño event during the monsoon months.
The article discusses the prevalence of heatwave conditions across several Indian cities, attributing the increased heat-related distress to a delayed monsoon and the near certainty of an El Niño event during the monsoon months.
Exam linkage
GS Paper 1: Geography (Physical Geography - Climatology, Indian Geography - Monsoon, Climate of India); GS Paper 3: Environment & Ecology (Climate Change, Disaster Management related to extreme weather events).
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