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Go ahead and down vote. It remains a fact that Rajasthan crosses 50 degrees celsius every summer.
The downvotes are likely a result of the single-word reply, with no supporting source for the claim, not for the claim itself.
It is normal?
Yes
Btw, I was kind of impressed, when visiting India and speaking to a few locals, that they don't see climate change to be a real thing, or at least to be such a big problem, and much overrated. The claim was basically that it was always very warm, and it is just normal that way, and they don't expect it to become much warmer. I'm not sure if that is just anecdotal or if that is the major opinion by locals.
It is normal?
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Yes
Go ahead and down vote. It remains a fact that Rajasthan crosses 50 degrees celsius every summer.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes
If this is normal, then you imply that the article linked by inflatableDodo is wrong? Btw, I was kind of impressed, when visiting India and speaking to a few locals, that they don't see climate change to be a real thing, or at least to be such a big problem, and much overrated. The claim was basically that it was always very warm, and it is just normal that way, and they don't expect it to become much warmer. I'm not…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rajasthans-P...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36339523
That said, it does not mean that it is normal either.
There appears to be a cluster of temps over 50 recently, but before that you seemingly have to go back to 1956 to get over 50 degrees. I could be wrong again however. If someone has better data, I'd like it if they could link to it.
Sucks for the people involved. But globally speaking, it may not be so bad.
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Technically summer doesn't start until June 21.
That's the western definition of summer. In some cultures (not sure about India), solstice is the middle of summer.
If this happens frequently enough in sufficiently populated areas, then the resulting population die-off will eventually reduce the energy need and resulting carbon outlet and things may stabilize. Sucks for the people involved. But globally speaking, it may not be so bad.
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Yes
If this is normal, then you imply that the article linked by inflatableDodo is wrong? Btw, I was kind of impressed, when visiting India and speaking to a few locals, that they don't see climate change to be a real thing, or at least to be such a big problem, and much overrated. The claim was basically that it was always very warm, and it is just normal that way, and they don't expect it to become much warmer. I'm not…
However, the Indian Government has made its stance clear on Climate Change: https://www.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/undp_climate_cha...
and: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...
> The claim was basically that it was always very warm, and it is just normal that way, and they don't expect it to become much warmer
I think they might have misunderstood you. They might have thought you are talking about weather and not climate change. Human body may not notice slight changes in temperature but the ecosystem does. For instance, those locals you spoke to may not have personally experienced any change but if you had instead asked them about droughts, drying of wells or yield of crops they would have definitely given you a totally different reply.
If this happens frequently enough in sufficiently populated areas, then the resulting population die-off will eventually reduce the energy need and resulting carbon outlet and things may stabilize. Sucks for the people involved. But globally speaking, it may not be so bad.