Climate change turned up India’s heat.But by how much?
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change turned up India’s heat.But by how much?

Live Mint  

India this year experienced its hottest March in 12 decades of records, and one of its driest. “The number of heat waves is directly in response to global warming,” says Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology who has looked at 70 years of data. Analyzing decades of heat data is different from asking about one hot spell in particular — and looking for answers about India’s heat is harder than most anywhere else in the world. When researchers at World Weather Attribution, a project that untangles the climate influence on extreme weather, examined a deadly 2016 heat wave in northwestern India, they found that peak daily temperatures didn’t carry a strong climate signal. World Weather Attribution’s research concluded the Siberian heat was made more than 600 times likelier by greenhouse gas pollution.

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Climate change is now a real and pressing economic threat
2 hours, 33 minutes ago

Climate change is now a real and pressing economic threat

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Climate change is no longer just affecting lives. “We must reduce emissions because a country like India needs a stable climate to ensure growth. Cross-border tariffs Climate change may disrupt global trade and economic development around as developed economies in the European Union are coming up with measures like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a policy tool to …

Indian Ocean most impacted by global warming, least known among oceans: Experts
1 month ago

Indian Ocean most impacted by global warming, least known among oceans: Experts

Hindustan Times  

The ninth biennial conference of the Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study, a global and multidisciplinary project aiming to understand the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedback between the ocean and atmosphere, hosted by the National Institute of Oceanography ended in Goa on Thursday. HT caught up with co-chairs Christa Maradino of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, and …

India should rely on itself to tackle the environmental challenges it must
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India should rely on itself to tackle the environmental challenges it must

Live Mint  

That changing the behaviour of populations is a nigh-impossible task was visible, once again, during Diwali. When political leaders themselves ignore a key institution, posit environmental action as anti-religious and undermine established scientific research on the deadly effects of a ‘temporary’ surge in pollution levels, it is not surprising that profit-seeking cracker sellers and people—who are healthy and prioritize enjoyment, …

India experiences the second hottest period since 1970 due to climate change
3 months ago

India experiences the second hottest period since 1970 due to climate change

The Hindu  

The months of June, July, and August 2024 recorded India’s second-hottest season since 1970, a report titled, People Exposed to Climate Change: June-August 2024 released on Wednesday by climate experts at Climate Central said. “Over 20.5 million people experienced high temperatures exceptionally influenced by climate change for at least 60 days in the past three months, making India the Southern …

My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat
3 months, 3 weeks ago

My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Life at 50C: Delhi’s streets struggling to cope with heatwave At least 110 people died from heatstroke across the …

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees
4 months, 1 week ago

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees

Live Mint  

Edward Said recounted how, when he critiqued Western scholars for biased depictions of the East, a prominent scholar dismissed his arguments by attacking his credibility rather than engaging with their substance. On 6 August, an oped in Mint argued that India’s Economic Survey “has wide gaps and odd arguments" on climate change. First, the charge that the survey adopts a …

‘International Cooperation is Required to Fight Heatwaves’: Climate Scientist Indu. K. Murthy
5 months ago

‘International Cooperation is Required to Fight Heatwaves’: Climate Scientist Indu. K. Murthy

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 23, 2024 17:21 IST - 7 MINS READ State governments and the Centre were caught on the back foot as they scrambled to implement heat action plans this summer as parts of India reeled under heatwaves, which killed 58 people in New Delhi alone. Governments must support research and innovation in heat resilience technologies and strategies, given …

hotter nights in India affecting sleep Posing Health Risks Climate Change new study report
6 months ago

hotter nights in India affecting sleep Posing Health Risks Climate Change new study report

ABP News  

New Delhi: India is experiencing a dramatic increase in nighttime temperatures due to climate change, with significant implications for public health, a new analysis reveals. Health Implications Of Hotters Nights The Climate Central analysis said these "increasingly frequent extreme nighttime temperatures" were causing exhaustion, heat stress, and heat-related deaths. “Our analysis shows that over the last decade the average person …

Amid heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey
6 months ago

Amid heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey

Hindustan Times  

In the middle of a record heatwave across the country, the United Nations Development Programme and the University of Oxford released a survey on Thursday, showing that 77 per cent of Indians want stronger climate action. Amidst heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey The survey also reveals that 33 per cent of Indians have recently experienced extreme …

Heatwave observed in May 1.5°C warmer than previous ones: ClimaMeter
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Heatwave observed in May 1.5°C warmer than previous ones: ClimaMeter

The Hindu  

An analysis by ClimaMeter has revealed that the heatwave in May was 1.5°C warmer than the warmest heatwaves previously observed in the country. They analysed how events similar to the high temperature in India’s May heatwave changed in the present, compared to what they would have looked like if they had occurred in the past in the region. The temperature …

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The unprecedented heatwaves that scorched northern and central India in May were made 1.5 degrees …

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over 200 people, including dozens of workers on election duty, have died in the last …

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday

Associated Press  

PATNA, India — A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. The heat wave came as hundreds of millions of Indians have been voting in a 6-week long general election, increasing health risks …

India may have recorded its hottest temperatures ever as Delhi faces extreme heatwave
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India may have recorded its hottest temperatures ever as Delhi faces extreme heatwave

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Heatwaves are clearly the single largest threat to India’s well being today.” Aarti Khosla, director of Climate Trends These …

Getting ready for heatwaves
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Getting ready for heatwaves

Hindustan Times  

A crushing heatwave that began more than a week ago has become unbearable since Monday. In Delhi, power consumption surpassed records and desperate families mobbed water tankers after their taps ran dry. A 40-year-old labourer who lived in a room with no air cooling died at a hospital during the week and the administration imposed fines on wasteful use of …

Delhi is not alone: How climate change has added average of 26 extra days of extreme heat across world
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi is not alone: How climate change has added average of 26 extra days of extreme heat across world

Firstpost  

A report released by the International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, World Weather Attribution and the non-profit Climate Central has found that countries around the world witnessed an average of 26 extra days of ‘extreme heat’ that would likely not have occurred without climate change The research, which examined the impact of climate change over the past 12 months, …

Behind heat surge, factors that will only worsen
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Behind heat surge, factors that will only worsen

Hindustan Times  

Near 50°C temperatures have become increasingly common across India in recent years. “We had expected severe heat wave spells this year because El Nino is transitioning to neutral conditions and during such periods El Nino leaves a very strong mark causing severe heat spells. Only today it was disrupted by an active Western Disturbance which will help reduce temperatures for …

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records

New Indian Express  

The unprecedented rise in temperatures across north India—especially in Delhi, which recorded a historical high of 52.9°C on Wednesday—has given a glimpse into the dire future caused by human-induced climate change. The increased emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide produced by human activities are creating the effect of trapping heat and raising temperatures on …

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue
7 months ago

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

Associated Press  

BEED, India — Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the country. Issues related to religion, caste and employment still determine most Indians’ political preferences, but Koll said that at local …

Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert
7 months ago

Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Parts of northwest India sweltered under scorching temperatures on Saturday, with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. India’s weather department expects heat wave conditions to persist across the north for the next few days, and has put several states on high alert. The extreme temperatures in …

Climate change to intensify heatwave in India: Scientists
7 months ago

Climate change to intensify heatwave in India: Scientists

Hindustan Times  

The intense heat likely to hit India over the next few days will be exacerbated by climate change, according to a research group. A man takes shelter under an umbrella from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi The northwestern region of the country, including the capital Delhi, is expected to record temperatures that could exceed …

Warming of Indian Ocean to accelerate: IITM study
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Warming of Indian Ocean to accelerate: IITM study

The Hindu  

From 1950-2020, the Indian Ocean had become warmer by 1.2°C and climate models expect it to heat up a further 1.7°C–3.8°C from 2020–2100. Mostly attributable to global warming, the tropical Indian Ocean will likely be in a “near-permanent heatwave state” and accelerate coral bleaching, seagrass destruction, and loss of kelp forests, affecting the fisheries sector adversely, said an analysis led …

What impact will the unrelenting heat have on India’s future health? | In Focus podcast
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What impact will the unrelenting heat have on India’s future health? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

This March was the hottest on record globally, the 10th month in a row to hit this peak. This doesn’t feel surprising – most parts of India have been sweltering since last month, the India Meteorological Department or IMD hadd forecast heatwave conditions in parts of at least 10 States last week and it‘s only going to get worse in …

Weatherman signals a nasty summer ahead for India
8 months, 1 week ago

Weatherman signals a nasty summer ahead for India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Climate change will accelerate the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, India’s top weatherman warned, on the backdrop of the country witnessing a far higher number of intensely heavy rainfall and heatwave days, fewer colder days and increasing thunderstorms in recent times. “We are noticing extreme behaviour in weather," India Meteorological Department director-general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said …

With El Nino around, the heat is on
1 year, 1 month ago

With El Nino around, the heat is on

Hindustan Times  

This year, forest fires turned swathes of hills and forests to ash in Europe, virtually wiping out an entire town as all past temperature records fell. El Nino conditions, a phenomenon where the equatorial Pacific waters become warmer than usual, are partly to blame for the trend, and it is just getting stronger, making next year likely to become even …

India, the world's most populated country, is on track to achieve its climate goals: report
1 year, 4 months ago

India, the world's most populated country, is on track to achieve its climate goals: report

Salon  

A new report submitted by the Indian government to the United Nations offers a glimmer of hope when it comes to the fight against climate change: Over the past 14 years, the world's most populous nation has reduced its carbon emissions by a larger-than-expected 33%. According to the report filed to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, India is …

Climate change: India feels the heat
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change: India feels the heat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Climate change may be far from an immediate or even long-term concern for many, but the impact of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe is being felt in India too, the Government of India has told the Parliament. Between 1993 and 2017, the total rise in the sea level was a 7.92 centimetres around India, as per the data …

Explained | Did climate change really make the Uttar Pradesh heatwave twice as likely?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Did climate change really make the Uttar Pradesh heatwave twice as likely?

The Hindu  

A deadly heatwave over Uttar Pradesh recently claimed as many as 100 lives. There were subsequently several reports saying that according to a model called the “Climate Shift Index”, developed by a reputed U.S. nonprofit called Climate Central, this heatwave was made twice as likely by climate change. What is the scientific confidence level in such local attribution of individual …

UP heat wave made at least two times more likely by climate change, shows analysis
1 year, 6 months ago

UP heat wave made at least two times more likely by climate change, shows analysis

The Hindu  

Climate change at least doubled the chances of heat wave in Uttar Pradesh which swept through the state recently, causing multiple hospitalisations, an analysis conducted using a metric called the Climate Shift Index shows. The analysis shows that certain parts of Uttar Pradesh reached CSI levels of three, indicating temperatures that have become at least three times more likely due …

How Climate Change turned the Uttar Pradesh heatwave deadly
1 year, 6 months ago

How Climate Change turned the Uttar Pradesh heatwave deadly

Live Mint  

The Indian summer this year has been a story of extreme heatwaves. The analysis found that climate change dramatically increased the likelihood of the heat event's occurrence. For the analysis, Climate Central scientists used the Climate Shift Index, which quantifies the contribution of climate change to daily temperatures. As a Lounge cover story on India’s tryst with humid heat in …

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?

The Hindu  

It will be fair to say that many of us are looking forward to the monsoon season this year, eager to put behind us one of the hottest summers ever on record. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report warned of prolonged rain-free periods along with excessive rainfall in many parts of the world. There is also …

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering
1 year, 6 months ago

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering

The Hindu  

Published : May 31, 2023 14:43 IST - 4 MINS READ Blistering heat has taken a toll on people’s lives in large parts of India as temperatures went as high as 45 degrees Celsius in recent weeks. If current warming trends continue, temperatures will rise so high that the human body’s ability to maintain a stable internal temperature and expel …

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has just predicted that there is a greater than 66% probability that at least one of the years from 2023 to 2027 will witness a global mean surface temperature rise of 1.5o C above the average in the years 1850-1900. To do this, we must first understand how these multi-year forecasts are different from the much …

Warming warning: The Hindu Editorial on the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends
1 year, 7 months ago

Warming warning: The Hindu Editorial on the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual update on its projections for temperature trends in the next decade. The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year between 2023 and 2027 is likely to be 1.1°-1.8°C higher than the average from 1850-1900. There is a 66% chance that the global near-surface temperature will exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in …

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study

The Hindu  

An international team comprising leading climate scientists, which studied the extremely humid heat in South and Southeast Asia in April 2023, said that heat waves in India and Bangladesh which used to occur less than once a century on average can now be expected around once in five years. According to rapid attribution analysis by the team as part of …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. The World Weather Attribution group uses established models to quickly determine whether climate change played a part in extreme weather events. “We see …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A searing heat wave in …

Frequency of intense heatwaves to rise further: Experts
1 year, 7 months ago

Frequency of intense heatwaves to rise further: Experts

Hindustan Times  

The frequency of intense heatwaves and extreme weather events are expected to increase in the coming years, especially in parts of northwest, central, east India and Pakistan, in view of the climate crisis, experts have said. The annual Lancet Report released last year said that India recorded a 55% rise in deaths due to extreme heat between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021. …

Why It Matters | Most Indians want immediate action by government to tackle climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

Why It Matters | Most Indians want immediate action by government to tackle climate change

The Hindu  

What are the facts: About 81% of people in India are worried about global warming while 64% of Indians think that the government should do more to address global warming, a recent survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter has shown. A bulk of the respondents also think that climate change will harm plant and animal …

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert
1 year, 7 months ago

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert

Live Mint  

India is predicting blistering heat across swathes of the country in May, which could strain the power network, hurt the economy and threaten people’s lives. Parts of northeast India will The South Asian nation has been bracing for a searing summer after record-shattering heat in 2022 that caused widespread suffering and affected global wheat supplies. Heat waves trigger spikes in …

Heatwaves are preventing India from achieving development goals: Study
1 year, 7 months ago

Heatwaves are preventing India from achieving development goals: Study

Live Mint  

Heatwaves in India are not only affecting the health of the people but also impacting the economic and developmental goals of the country. A new study has revealed the impact of scorching heat on India's agriculture, economy, and public health. The study informs that India is currently “facing a collision of multiple, cumulative climate hazards” resulting in extreme weather events …

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s summer and along with the season heatwaves are inevitable, particularly in El Nino years. It is also a freakish timing of the poll cycles that sees most general elections being held in the peak of summer, as they would probably be in 2024 as well, thus increasing the risk of exposure of people to the hazards of increasing wet …

Heatwaves in India becoming more serious; 90% of the country, Delhi in 'danger zone', says study
1 year, 8 months ago

Heatwaves in India becoming more serious; 90% of the country, Delhi in 'danger zone', says study

Firstpost  

New Delhi: According to a recent study, heatwaves are growing more common and severe in India as a result of climate change, with over 90 per cent of the nation being in the “extremely cautious” or “danger zone” of their effects. To assess India’s climate vulnerability and the potential impact of climate change on SDG progress, researchers at the University …

Weather update: 90 per cent of India, entire Delhi in danger zone of 'heatwave' impacts | KNOW DETAILS
1 year, 8 months ago

Weather update: 90 per cent of India, entire Delhi in danger zone of 'heatwave' impacts | KNOW DETAILS

India TV News  

Heatwave in India : Heatwaves in India are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, with over 90 per cent of the country in the extremely cautious or danger zone of their impacts, according to a new study. It suggested that heatwaves have impeded India's progress towards achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals more significantly than previously …

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study
1 year, 8 months ago

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study

The Hindu  

Nearly 90% of India is in a “danger zone” from heatwave impact and almost all of Delhi is at the risk of severe heatwave impacts, which is not reflected in its recent state action plan for climate change, says a study published on April 19 in the peer-reviewed PLOS Climate. The study, by Ramit Debnath at the University of Cambridge, …

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — The full extent of the damage from India’s sizzling heat that’s causing more deaths, illnesses, school shutdowns and crop failures is underestimated by lawmakers and officials in the country and slowing the nation’s development, a study Wednesday said. Extreme heat is placing 80% of India’s 1.4 billion population in danger but assessments of how vulnerable the country …

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident
1 year, 8 months ago

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident

The Hindu  

The state of the ongoing global climate crisis is such that India is going to have hotter hot days and more of them every year. On April 16, nearly a million people gathered on an uncovered ground in Navi Mumbai for an event in which social activist Dattatreya Narayan received a State award, with Union Ministers Amit Shah and Kapil …

More heat waves, fewer cold waves the new normal in India: UoH study
1 year, 8 months ago

More heat waves, fewer cold waves the new normal in India: UoH study

The Hindu  

University of Hyderabad researchers have found that days with anomalously higher temperatures are increasing during summer while the days with anomalously lower temperatures are decreasing during winter every year. The occurrence of anomalously higher temperatures for consecutive three days ormore is referred to as a heat wave event and it was found heat wave events are increasing at the rate …

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

There have been some dire predictions about how hazardous the heat is going to be this summer. India this year experienced its warmest February since 1877, and in November last year, the World Bank warned that India could become one of the first places in the world where wet-bulb temperatures could increase beyond the survivability threshold of 35°C. Furthermore, last …

India’s warm weather plans can’t take the heat, report says
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s warm weather plans can’t take the heat, report says

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. Analyzing 37 regional and federal heat action plans, the Centre for Policy Research found this week that the plans are not updated …

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