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Sunday, October 28, 2018

When South Asia is warmer by 2C....

A 2 C warmer world maybe with us as soon as 2030.

In a 2 C warmer world, the high mountains of Asia will lose 36 % of their glacial mass.

Extreme rainfall events in South Asia will increase by 50%

Average temperature in Asia will have risen by 3 C.

Summer length in South Asia will increase by 55 days.

The frequency of extreme heat events in South Asia will go up 4 times.

In a 2 C warmer world, the number of heat waves in india will increase by 9 times. Their duration will increase 3 times. The population exposed to such harsh temperatures will be 15 times more.

The population affected by river flooding in India will go up by nearly six times.

India has been reporting one drought every three years in the last few decades. The length of an average drought in South Asia will go up by two months in a 2 C warmer world.



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