Air quality and climate bulletin 2023
Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of heatwaves. This extreme heat, compounded by wildfires and desert dust, is having a measurable impact on air quality, human health and the environment,
Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of heatwaves. This extreme heat, compounded by wildfires and desert dust, is having a measurable impact on air quality, human health and the environment,
Bhubaneswar: As Orissa continued to boil in an abnormally hot summer, reports of sunstroke deaths rose to 53 on Monday. However, in the state government
April 22: The Met department has sounded a heatwave alert in the city and many parts of the state after temperatures reached 5
No Respite In Near Future, Says Met Department Lucknow: Monday was the hottest day of the season in the city with mercury soaring to 42.7 Degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal. Hot dusty winds threw normal life out of gear, forcing people to stay indoors all day. Weatherman has forecasted that temperature will rise in coming days.
The Guardian Even a temperature rise of less than 2C has a discernible impact on the planet. The Earths energy balance will then change dramatically, writes Mark Lynas So, global warming is here, and the world is facing the heat. Here
New Delhi: At least 23 people are suspected to have died in a heat wave swirling across eastern India, officials said on Sunday. The heat-wave deaths were reported in Orissa state, where the district of Talchar recorded a temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
? 23 SUNSTROKE DEATHS SUSPECTED IN ORISSA The northern and eastern parts of India sweated it out on Sunday as the mercury crossed the 40
Ahmedabad : The second heat wave of the season is blowing over the state taking citizens in its grip. Even as the sun blazed with full fury on Monday, weather officials have warned that heat wave conditions are likely to persist on Tuesday and Wednesday as well and citizens should prepare themselves.
Mumbai: The water consumption in the city has increased by 20% owing to the unusual heat wave experienced in the first week of April.The shooting up of the demand of water has affected the already overburdened water distribution system being maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Thane: Soaring mercury levels have apparently started taking a toll on the birds in the city, as the Society for Protection against Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) registered 10 cases of birds afflicted with sunstroke on Tuesday, almost a month before the onset of summer.
BALASORE: The district administration has issued guidelines to counter heatwave conditions in the region. It has also imposed restrictions on movement of buses, opening of educational institutions and notified new working hours for the labourers.