❖ The extreme heat in parts of eastern and southern India this April has been attributed to climate change

. ❖ A new study has said that the abnormally high temperatures were made about 45 times more likely by climate change.

❖ This is the third straight year that heatwaves in the early part of summer in India have been attributed to climate change. 

❖ The same researchers had earlier shown that the excessive heat in March-April of 2022 and April of 2023 was also most likely caused by climate change.

❖ Heatwaves are not defined by high temperatures.

❖ They are defined by abnormalities in temperature