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GHG
A long way to go from extreme heat to green feat
Climate scientist Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland, United States, explained the recent weather events in Uttarakhand, “What is unusual in the current scenario is the very warm temperature anomaly to the west of north India over Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Arabian heat pumps winds into the northern Arabian Sea and there has been strong wind along the coast of Oman and going straight over Gujarat into Uttarakhand, which is increasing the chances of cloudbursts.” Floods, landslides, glacial lake bursts, excess rainfall, excess snowfall, and unseasonal rains would increase if climate change were not mitigated. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has defined cloudburst as an event when 100 mm of rain is received in an hour over a 20 to 30 sq km area.
23 August 2021, 05:51 IST
A long way to go from extreme heat to green feat
23 August 2021, 05:51 IST