India’s first ever national projection on the impact of global warming on the subcontinent in the coming century, expects yearly rainfall to increase, in addition to more severe cyclones and– paradoxically– more droughts.
These projections, based upon a climate forecasting design established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be part of the next report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Modification (IPCC), anticipated to be all set in 2022.
From 1986-2015, the hottest day and coldest night have actually warmed 0.63 ° C and 0.4 ° C, respectively. By the end of the21 st century, the report says, these temperature levels are forecasted to rise by roughly 4.7 ° C and 5.5 ° C, respectively, relative to the matching temperatures in 1976-2005 This under a theoretical scenario where no steps are required to curb international greenhouse gas emissions or the RCP8.5 as it is called.
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