Chance of heatwaves in India rising with climate change Not only are these extreme events increasing in frequency, they are lasting longer and becoming hotter, too.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01577-5?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=bd1819e3da-nature-briefing-daily-20240530&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-bd1819e3da-50432164 India is experiencing more, longer and hotter heatwaves because of climate change. This week the temperature in Delhi hit 52 ℃ — the third year in a row the country has been hit by a late-spring extreme heatwave. An analysis suggests that climate change made these extreme temperatures 45 times more likely to happen. “There is strong evidence from our research that the heatwaves are going to start earlier in the year and extend later into the season,” says climate scientist Krishna AchutaRao.