NEW DELHI 8 Jun : Hot and humid conditions prevailing during India’s monsoon season could extend the duration of uncompensable heat stress of the summer season under a global warming of 2 degrees Celsius, a study has found.
Findings published in the journal American Geophysical Union (AGU) Advances highlight a “surge of UHS (uncompensable heat stress) during the monsoon season (July-October) as the climate warms”.
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar and the US’ Stanford and Purdue universities said long-lasting uncompensable heat stress across both the seasons — summer and monsoon — could pose critical challenges to public health, labour productivity, and climate resilience in densely populated and vulnerable regions. ( PTI )
