India: on the frontline of climate changeFlooding is common during India's monsoon season but climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. NEW DELHI: Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the frontline of climate change. A glaciologist who investigated the site told AFP the catastrophe was "clearly a fallout of climate change and in itself a tell-tale of our future". But climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in April. But scientists say climate change may be making lightning more frequent.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2021 04:30 UTC