In India, Slight Rise in Temperatures Is Tied to Heat Wave Deaths<br />in mean temperatures" — like the ones they analyzed — "may lead to large increases in heat-related mortality, unless measures are taken to substantially improve the resilience of vulnerable populations."<br />Some experts expect India’s temperature to rise by 4 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (2.2 to 5.5 Celsius) by the end of this century, the study said. that moderate and practically unavoidable increases<br />By MIKE IVESJUNE 8, 2017<br />HONG KONG — A temperature increase of less than one degree Fahrenheit over half a century raised the probability of mass heat-related deaths in India by two and a half times, a new study has found, in the latest sign<br />that even a slight rise can have a grave effect on health.<br />The new India study was based on data from the India Meteorological Department showing<br />that in the 50 years up to 2009, the country’s mean summer temperature rose by more than 0.9 degree Fahrenheit (0.5 Celsius).<br />Climate scientists predict that, without preventive action to curb emissions, global mean temperatures could rise by several degrees Celsius by the end of this century and warn<br />that a rise of more than 2 degrees could tip the earth into a future of irreversible rising seas and melting ice sheets.<br />The study’s authors used scientific modeling to show<br />that with a 0.9 degree Fahrenheit (0.5 Celsius) rise in temperature, the probability of a heat wave with more than 100 deaths in India increased to 32 percent from 13 percent.<br />David Mark Taylor said that provides evidence of not only warming in India, with some parts warming more than others, but also<br />that as warming progresses heat waves become more frequent and mor
