Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected
Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected
www.theguardian.com Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected
Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
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I saw one yesterday about a record heatwave in Pakistan. What causes such extreme heat in that region?
Several things in combination:
- It's sufficiently close to the equator
- Topography limits air circulation
- heat dome
- Dumping the waste from fossil fuel burning into the atmosphere raised it above where temperatures used to get
*Fossil fuel infrastructure goes vroom
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