Authorities warn of water shortages with temperatures 9C higher than expected and 1.9C above previous countrywide highpoint
  • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    The article has been updated. It’s likely that the sensor was faulty.

    The highest temperature recorded by other sensors was 49,1 C

          • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Depends on what you are used to and if the infrastructure where you live is built with it in mind.

            Here, AC in residential buildings is fairly rare. It’s absolutely a luxury that few have.

  • x4740N@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Doesn’t India have a shit ton of smog

    I wouldn’t be surprised if that was creating a local greenhouse effect

    • yildolw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I would expect smog to block or reflect incoming sunlight, lowering local temperatures

  • geography082@lemm.ee
    English
    614·
    10 months ago

    Study finds lower scam incidents worldwide in coincidence with the climate event.

    • ScaraTera@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      10 months ago

      You do realise how cynical this is no? We are dying of the consequences of global warming to which the global South has contributed the least to, yet will suffer the most and can’t afford to survive it because of centuries of colonial loot

    • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      indians scamming britons over the internet is morally correct