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Loss of water from snow melt in the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and instances of drought over the food-producing plains, and a potential endemic weakening of the annual monsoonal rains. These are all climate change related impacts that appear to be settling in over India as global temperatures consistently begin to hit levels higher than 1 C above 1880s values. Impacts that are setting up conditions for sustained and increasingly severe droughts and heatwaves.
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Yesterday, temperatures rocketed to 114.44 degrees Fahrenheit (or 45.8 degrees Celsius) in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Odisha, on the Indian east coast. It was the hottest April reading ever recorded for a region that typically sees daily highs in the upper 90s this time of year. A level of heat that’s excessive even for this typically warm region.
(Most of India baked under a severe heatwave yesterday [April 11] as the number of lives lost to heat stroke mounted and a water train was dispatched to far-flung drought-stricken regions. Image source: Earth Nullschool.)
Bhubaneshwar, however, was just one of many locations experiencing temperatures above 110 Degrees (F) yesterday. For a broad heatwave and a related severe drought has sprawled over much of India throughout early April — hitting a peak intensity for many locations this week. Heat so intense that it had already resulted in the tragic loss of more than 110 lives due to heat stroke by April 9th.
Heatwave Mass Casualties Strike India in April Amidst Severe Drought, Water Shortages
Loss of water from snow melt in the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and instances of drought over the food-producing plains, and a potential endemic weakening of the annual monsoonal rains. These are all climate change related impacts that appear to be settling in over India as global temperatures consistently begin to hit levels higher than 1 C above 1880s values. Impacts that are setting up conditions for sustained and increasingly severe droughts and heatwaves.
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Yesterday, temperatures rocketed to 114.44 degrees Fahrenheit (or 45.8 degrees Celsius) in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Odisha, on the Indian east coast. It was the hottest April reading ever recorded for a region that typically sees daily highs in the upper 90s this time of year. A level of heat that’s excessive even for this typically warm region.
(Most of India baked under a severe heatwave yesterday [April 11] as the number of lives lost to heat stroke mounted and a water train was dispatched to far-flung drought-stricken regions. Image source: Earth Nullschool.)
Bhubaneshwar, however, was just one of many locations experiencing temperatures above 110 Degrees (F) yesterday. For a broad heatwave and a related severe drought has sprawled over much of India throughout early April — hitting a peak intensity for many locations this week. Heat so intense that it had already resulted in the tragic loss of more than 110 lives due to heat stroke by April 9th.
A huge heat wave in india is killing a lot of people. Amazing how extreme the weather is.
but they would have to use evil coal and that would make it much worse.... People like Pew want to keep them poor and dying.. got to get rid of excess population...If only their government had spent more on infrastructure... Oh the humanity!!!!
Boohoo.........
Good thing they didnt have AC ...who knows how much worse the climate could be
Why give them crap.....let em have the good stuff....Good thing they didnt have AC ...who knows how much worse the climate could be
Give them solar = they can have AC and a whole lot more. Solar in places like India would greatly enhance life.
Good thing they didnt have AC ...who knows how much worse the climate could be
Give them solar = they can have AC and a whole lot more. Solar in places like India would greatly enhance life.
The new data showed that 32.9 percent of the 2,103 wells tested received grade 4 for water quality — meaning only fit for industrial use, according to the National Business Daily. Another 47.3 percent received an even worse grade 5 for water quality. Farms, factories and households across different regions in China depend on wells as their source of water. "From my point of view, this shows how water is the biggest environmental issue in China. People in the cities, they see air pollution every day, so it creates huge pressure from the public. But in the cities, people don't see how bad the water pollution is," Dabo Guan, professor at the University of East Anglia in Britain, told the New York Times.
"These latest statistics are an indicator of how bad the underground water quality is. The sources of pollution are widespread and include a lot of agricultures. I think that would be the main source of pollution," Guan said. Seventy percent of lakes used as a water source, 60 percent of underground water, and 11 percent of water in reservoirs did not meet the country's safety standards, according to statistics from the country's Ministry of Water Resources, and cited by Xia Jun, professor at the Key Laboratory on the Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Digging deeper
But other experts said it is important to note that the study measured water sources close to the surface. Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, told the New York Times that many cities get their water from reservoirs that are hundreds or sometimes thousands of feet deeper. "Fewer and fewer cities are using the heavily polluted shallow-depth underground waters. Most are digging deep wells for drinking. This is a very important distinction that must be made," he said.
The country's Ministry of Water Resources said 2016 would be a year in which China would promote a set of regulations to better manage water exploitation, China National Radio reported. Zheng Yuhong, an agricultural resources expert who is a member of China's national legislature, said environmental pollution had become “a hot topic in recent years," according to the New York Times. "But pollution of underground water has virtually been forgotten," Yuhong added.
80 Percent of China's Well Water Not Fit for Drinking, Data Show
Mebbe we could sell `em some bottled water...
80 Percent of China's Well Water Not Fit for Drinking, Data Show
April 11, 2016 - More than 80 percent of the water from underground wells in China is not safe for drinking or bathing due to severe water pollution, according to new statistics cited in Chinese media Monday.
The new data showed that 32.9 percent of the 2,103 wells tested received grade 4 for water quality — meaning only fit for industrial use, according to the National Business Daily. Another 47.3 percent received an even worse grade 5 for water quality. Farms, factories and households across different regions in China depend on wells as their source of water. "From my point of view, this shows how water is the biggest environmental issue in China. People in the cities, they see air pollution every day, so it creates huge pressure from the public. But in the cities, people don't see how bad the water pollution is," Dabo Guan, professor at the University of East Anglia in Britain, told the New York Times.
"These latest statistics are an indicator of how bad the underground water quality is. The sources of pollution are widespread and include a lot of agricultures. I think that would be the main source of pollution," Guan said. Seventy percent of lakes used as a water source, 60 percent of underground water, and 11 percent of water in reservoirs did not meet the country's safety standards, according to statistics from the country's Ministry of Water Resources, and cited by Xia Jun, professor at the Key Laboratory on the Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Digging deeper
But other experts said it is important to note that the study measured water sources close to the surface. Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, told the New York Times that many cities get their water from reservoirs that are hundreds or sometimes thousands of feet deeper. "Fewer and fewer cities are using the heavily polluted shallow-depth underground waters. Most are digging deep wells for drinking. This is a very important distinction that must be made," he said.
The country's Ministry of Water Resources said 2016 would be a year in which China would promote a set of regulations to better manage water exploitation, China National Radio reported. Zheng Yuhong, an agricultural resources expert who is a member of China's national legislature, said environmental pollution had become “a hot topic in recent years," according to the New York Times. "But pollution of underground water has virtually been forgotten," Yuhong added.
80 Percent of China's Well Water Not Fit for Drinking, Data Show
No, not really "extreme".Heatwave Mass Casualties Strike India in April Amidst Severe Drought, Water Shortages
Loss of water from snow melt in the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and instances of drought over the food-producing plains, and a potential endemic weakening of the annual monsoonal rains. These are all climate change related impacts that appear to be settling in over India as global temperatures consistently begin to hit levels higher than 1 C above 1880s values. Impacts that are setting up conditions for sustained and increasingly severe droughts and heatwaves.
****
Yesterday, temperatures rocketed to 114.44 degrees Fahrenheit (or 45.8 degrees Celsius) in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Odisha, on the Indian east coast. It was the hottest April reading ever recorded for a region that typically sees daily highs in the upper 90s this time of year. A level of heat that’s excessive even for this typically warm region.
(Most of India baked under a severe heatwave yesterday [April 11] as the number of lives lost to heat stroke mounted and a water train was dispatched to far-flung drought-stricken regions. Image source: Earth Nullschool.)
Bhubaneshwar, however, was just one of many locations experiencing temperatures above 110 Degrees (F) yesterday. For a broad heatwave and a related severe drought has sprawled over much of India throughout early April — hitting a peak intensity for many locations this week. Heat so intense that it had already resulted in the tragic loss of more than 110 lives due to heat stroke by April 9th.
A huge heat wave in india is killing a lot of people. Amazing how extreme the weather is.
Who is going to give them SOLAR? The USA?Good thing they didnt have AC ...who knows how much worse the climate could be
Give them solar = they can have AC and a whole lot more. Solar in places like India would greatly enhance life.
sounds like that's your calling.Mebbe we could sell `em some bottled water...
80 Percent of China's Well Water Not Fit for Drinking, Data Show
April 11, 2016 - More than 80 percent of the water from underground wells in China is not safe for drinking or bathing due to severe water pollution, according to new statistics cited in Chinese media Monday.
The new data showed that 32.9 percent of the 2,103 wells tested received grade 4 for water quality — meaning only fit for industrial use, according to the National Business Daily. Another 47.3 percent received an even worse grade 5 for water quality. Farms, factories and households across different regions in China depend on wells as their source of water. "From my point of view, this shows how water is the biggest environmental issue in China. People in the cities, they see air pollution every day, so it creates huge pressure from the public. But in the cities, people don't see how bad the water pollution is," Dabo Guan, professor at the University of East Anglia in Britain, told the New York Times.
"These latest statistics are an indicator of how bad the underground water quality is. The sources of pollution are widespread and include a lot of agricultures. I think that would be the main source of pollution," Guan said. Seventy percent of lakes used as a water source, 60 percent of underground water, and 11 percent of water in reservoirs did not meet the country's safety standards, according to statistics from the country's Ministry of Water Resources, and cited by Xia Jun, professor at the Key Laboratory on the Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Digging deeper
But other experts said it is important to note that the study measured water sources close to the surface. Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, told the New York Times that many cities get their water from reservoirs that are hundreds or sometimes thousands of feet deeper. "Fewer and fewer cities are using the heavily polluted shallow-depth underground waters. Most are digging deep wells for drinking. This is a very important distinction that must be made," he said.
The country's Ministry of Water Resources said 2016 would be a year in which China would promote a set of regulations to better manage water exploitation, China National Radio reported. Zheng Yuhong, an agricultural resources expert who is a member of China's national legislature, said environmental pollution had become “a hot topic in recent years," according to the New York Times. "But pollution of underground water has virtually been forgotten," Yuhong added.
80 Percent of China's Well Water Not Fit for Drinking, Data Show
China needs to regulate air, water and demand higher standards.
they're under nourished. DOH!!Really? That's your question? Why don't you tell us what you believe to be the answer?
