India has seen months of extreme heat and this week it will only get hotter
The worst of the heat wave is expected late this week into this weekend with high temperatures approaching 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit (5-8 degrees Celsius) above normal across northern and northwestern India as well as parts of Pakistan.Over one billion people will be subjected to excessive heat — 10% of the world’s population, according to The latest state of the science report from the IPCC in August 2021, noted with “high confidence” that hot extremes have increased in South Asia, and that those climbing extreme temperatures are attributable to human-caused climate change.”More intense heat waves of longer durations and occurring at a higher frequency are projected over India,” it stated.Without any change, a possible humanitarian crisis could be underway across India as large parts of the country could potentially become too hot to be habitable.
