The Current Heatwave is Another Sign of Climate Change
India is experiencing an early onset of summers in 2022. March 2022 has been the hottest to occur in the past 122 years. The untimely and severe onset of summers has also bolstered the occurrence of extreme and frequent heatwaves. The Indian Meteorological Department issued warnings for heatwave like conditions across India in April 2022. Many states such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Delhi are witnessing an unprecedented heatwave which has caused power outages, water shortages, and school closures. While many factors are at play behind common heatwaves, such as anticyclones and deficient rainfalls, climate change is an undeniable contributor to their severity and frequency. Heatwaves have been a long endured and frequent occurrence with short-term and long-term impacts. The current heatwave has unearthed some of the many threats of severe weather conditions. India’s wheat harvesting faces an extreme danger, and massive fires...