The Temperatures in India have recorded the highest ever mercury Levels. This season since midFeb till the date strange phenomenon are seen. On one hand it is hot in some regions on the other it is raining hailstorms in other places
It is a heat wave like situation and the mercury rising high to the level that few Indian cities are recording highest temperatures in the world. An extreme summer is forecasted on the cards for India as 36 weather stations in cities across the country recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. Several cities are recording very high temperatures like Gandhinagar in Gujrat, Thane in Maharashtra, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The temperatures are predicted to climb still further. The extreme weather is attributed to the El Nino situations in the weather pattern.
A new study from researchers at the University of Cambridge has included a “heat index” to measure the recurring impacts of Indian heatwaves on the country’s population. Heatwaves fuelled by climate change leads to public health issues, food shortages and increased risks of death.
Study has shown that India’s global ranking according to the United Nations Sustainable Development Group has gone down in the last 20 years because it hasn’t met the goals for 11 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.The research findings further indicate that every one-degree rise in the temperature would lower the GDP by two percent
The urgent action is needed to combat the Hot situation,,,
–Dr Siddhivinayak Barve
Editor, ScienceNow Digital
