AFP, NEW DELHILast decade was India’s hottest on record, with the Indian Meteorological Department calling the effects of global warming “unmistakable” and saying that extreme weather killed more than 1,500 people last year. Temperatures between 2010 and last year were 0.36°C above the long-term average, the hottest decade since records began in 1901, the department said on Monday. India’s five warmest years on record were all in the past decade, with 2016 the hottest. “The impact of global warming on India is unmistakable,” department Director-General Mrityunjay Mohapatra told the Times of India. “The past year had extreme weather during all seasons.”The UN last month said that last decade was set to be the planet’s hottest since records began.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2020 15:45 UTC