Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
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Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

  • Gigan@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 months ago

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

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      13·
      7 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