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)

posted 5 months ago

Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

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5 months ago

I saw one yesterday about a record heatwave in Pakistan. What causes such extreme heat in that region?

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

*Fossil fuel infrastructure goes vroom

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