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India's Going from Hot to Hotter!
On May 19, 2016, the temperature in northern India hit a record-
breaking 51C. Such extreme heat can be, well, extremely
dangerous, particularly for children and the elderly, those with
health problems, and people living in poverty, who have no access
to air conditioning. Or, like, water. Scientists tell us extreme heat
events are on the rise in India, and are likely to continue. This figure
shows the increase in Summer mean temperatures in India from
1960 to 2009 (A). The accumulated heat wave intensity--meaning
how hot it actually gets (B), number of heat wave events (C), heat
wave duration (D), and total number of heat wave days (E) between
1985–2009 have also increased over most areas of India relative to
the previous period of 1960–1984.
Source: Mazdiyasni et al. Science Advances Vol. 3, no. 6, 07 Jun 2017.
