Why is India not as hot as one would expect?

India is enjoying a cooler-than-usual summer as the world scorches.

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00:00Why is India not as hot?

00:03It is the summer of 2025.

00:05Europe is sizzling.

00:06The Eiffel Tower has shut down due to searing heat.

00:09Wimbledon has announced new heat rules.

00:12And Spain has recorded a temperature of a blistering 46 degrees.

00:16This unprecedented and exceptionally early heat wave has claimed several lives as well.

00:21In June 2025, Paris, Boston, London and even Tuscany were hotter than New Delhi and Mumbai.

00:27So, while a scorching heat dome takes over Europe, how is India not as hot as one would expect?

00:32While India is hot and always will be, a Harvard study bizarrely attributes a cooler-than-usual summer to pollution.

00:39The presence of aerosol particles in the atmosphere reflects sunlight.

00:43Extensive irrigation in India's northern plains, thanks to agriculture, also leads to higher humidity.

00:49The evaporation of this water absorbs heat, resulting in a cooling effect.

00:53Despite extreme and lethal heat waves at times, India's warming trend amounts to half the global average.

01:00And scientists still don't fully understand how India is a global warming hole.

01:04As the world map gets colored red, India stands apart as a pale spot on the chart.

01:09Air pollution is the leading hypothesis to explain the slow warming.

01:12So, while India badly needs to clear air quality, doing this might also accelerate temperatures.

01:18In 2023, there were 47,000 deaths in Europe due to the killer heat wave.

01:23As 2025 also braces for a sweltering summer worldwide, global warming is more real than ever before.

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