Beating the heat: The Hindu Editorial on hot summers and hotter monsoons
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Beating the heat: The Hindu Editorial on hot summers and hotter monsoons

The Hindu  

The steady rise in the planet’s temperature as a consequence of humanity’s unfettered use of fossil fuel forms the backdrop to altered weather patterns everywhere. An analysis of public weather data over the last half a century by the Centre for Science and Environment, suggests that the all-India average temperature during the monsoon months is higher than the summer months. The India Meteorological Department has said that India’s average temperature has risen 0.62°C from 1901-2020 but the CSE analysis says — supporting similar studies on these lines — that this has not meant a uniform rise in temperatures across seasons. The urban heat island effect — whereby cities because of concrete surfaces and dense populations tend to on average be hotter than rural habitations — also contributed to heat stress. The National Disaster Management Authority is working with 23 out of 28 heat-prone States to develop HAPs that stress changes in the built environment: using material that keeps the indoors cooler, having an early warning system about heatwaves and improving health infrastructure to treat heat stroke patients.

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