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Researchers at Climate Central, a US-based climate research and communications group, found that the three-day extreme heat event over parts of UP from June 14 to June 16 was made at least two times more likely by climate change.
They analysed the Climate Shift Index (CSI), developed by Climate Central, that uses a categorical five-point scale to show how climate change makes daily average temperatures more or less likely around the world.
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A CSI of 4 means that the day’s temperature was made at least four times more likely than it would have been without the influence of climate change.
The researchers shared the CSI maps centered for the regions around the cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi for these dates with The Wire. These show that the CSI was 3 on June 14 and 15 over some parts of these regions within the state. The CSI decreased to 2 on June 16.
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