Climate crisis transformed Indian summer; the worst, say experts, is yet to come
(WorldNews Environment)

The outlook for 2021 is worrying. According to IMD`s Monsoon Mission Coupled Forecasting System , the forecast suggests above-normal seasonal maximum and minimum temperatures are likely over most of India PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 12:17 PM IST Indian summer or what the India Meteorological Department (IMD) calls “pre-monsoon season” in March-April- May has seen a very clear shift in its intensity since 1998. Even as IMD warned of a harsh summer this year with high probability of very hot days and warm nights, long-term data 1971 onwards suggests a shift to considerably warmer than normal summers since 1998 and more than double the number of deadly heatwave events. The year 2010 recorded the...