Source: Niu Piano

　　 Summer has come, and India's big trouble has also come.

But I always have a feeling that, This is not only India's trouble, but also a warning to all mankind.

How hot is India now?

Maybe many of us do not believe that it is already hot to death.

I just looked at it. On May 17:

　　 Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh, India, highest temperature, 46.9 ℃ ；

　　 The highest temperature in New Delhi, the capital of India, 46.2 ° C ；

　　 Bamer, Rajasthan, India, maximum temperature, 46.5 ° C 。

I have a look at the Indian cities where the temperature is over 40 degrees, and I can catch a lot of them. This is just the beginning of summer. In many places, the Indian Meteorological Bureau has issued a hot red alert.

　　 This must be a summer that will kill many Indians.

Because in the past few years, the same high temperature has brought many tragedies in India. According to the news, there have been sporadic reports of heatstroke deaths in many parts of India, but the overall data is not seen, but I think it will not be too little.

You know, in Thailand, the high temperature has caused a serious tragedy.

Just last month, The Ministry of Health of Thailand announced that since the beginning of 2024, 61 people in Thailand have died of heatstroke, while 37 people will die of heatstroke in 2023.

The past April was the hottest month on record.

Thailand, with a population of tens of millions, has had so many people die of heat; You can imagine India with a population of more than 1.4 billion.

I remember that when I wrote a similar article last year, I quoted a comment from foreign media: India is expected to become the most populous country in the world, but it is facing the risk of approaching the limit of human survival because it is suffering from more intense and frequent heat waves.

If the temperature is too high, how about heatstroke prevention?

The Indian tragically found that there was no money, let alone electricity.

The heat wave crisis will inevitably lead to an energy crisis in India.

A few years ago, the super heat wave and the shortage of coal led to large-scale blackouts in some parts of India. Indians have no choice, and Indian enterprises have to stop production and limit production.

The crisis also triggered a large-scale reduction in grain production, so that the Indian government had to intervene and issue a ban on grain exports.

The problems facing India are not only in India. On April 29 the year before last, the temperature in two cities in southeast Pakistan reached 47 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere at that time.

So Sherry Lehman, Minister of Climate Change of Pakistan, said with great emotion: This is the first time in decades that Pakistan has experienced "a year without spring".

I'm not a meteorologist, but I think everyone of us has witnessed too many extreme weather in the past 20 or 30 years.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. As I said in previous articles, When we were young, the southern region of the Yangtze River was also frozen in winter. The river ice was so thick that everyone could walk. There would be long ice sluices hanging from the eaves. Is there any ice now?

　　 I don't accept refutation because I have experienced it personally.

Last summer, do you still remember? Many Chinese cities, including Beijing, are also extremely hot in summer, and the temperature has set a new record.

I wonder what will happen this year?

But the heat wave is rolling, which is a fact that we human beings must face. Not only in India, in Southeast Asia, in China, but also in many parts of the world.

I remember a few years ago, British Columbia, Canada, was the only province that reported at least 700 accidental deaths in just one week due to similar high temperatures. The high temperature caused a wildfire, and Leiden Town was burned.

The animals also had bad luck. At Kitzrano Beach near Vancouver, Many shellfish are directly roasted on the beach.

Why can so many people die in Canada?

Quite simply, Canada, Britain and many parts of Northern Europe belong to developed countries. But because it is always cool in summer, people generally do not install air conditioners there.

God suddenly changed his face. When the heat wave hit, he had the ability to escape from the summer. When he had no ability to stay in the oven, he could still endure the heat wave; Many people who are weak and ill will die of heat.

　　 The biggest victim of climate change is the poor 。

Of course, every coin has two sides. The good news is that climate change has made some places in the north moist and some land more suitable for farming.

To be more specific, our loess high slopes are also green. It is said that grass is growing in the Gobi near Dunhuang.

Please note that I do not deny the intention of our country's afforestation efforts. As the world's favorite farming nation, our efforts are indeed breathtaking, but we cannot ignore the major changes brought about by climate change, which are unimaginable by human beings.

It's purely a personal point of view. I don't know whether it has something to do with geography, but climate change is really rapidly changing the earth, our lives, and our way of living.

During Putin's recent visit, the latest joint statement of China and Russia proposed to jointly open up the Arctic route.

Quite simply, with global warming and the melting of the Arctic ice, a golden waterway will appear. This will change the world shipping pattern. This cannot happen without global warming.

But we must see that more and more extreme weather brings more floods, fires, famine and death.

Don't ignore this crisis. CNN once quoted experts as saying that Different from the flood or wildfire that destroyed the town, the sense of urgency brought by the deadly heat wave seems not so strong, but it is a "silent killer", and many people unknowingly encounter nightmares.

Our world is facing a series of crises, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the war in Gaza, the game of great powers, and so on. But we must see that climate change and extreme weather are the longer and more terrible crises facing our mankind.

After all, we humans only have one earth, and the earth can no longer afford more twists and turns.

　　 This summer, India is destined to be tough for many countries.

Editor in charge: Trish