India Temperature Trends Remain a Mystery, Says Harvard Atmospheric Scientist
India temperature trends continue to baffle climate scientists with one of the leading voices in atmospheric science, Dr. Loretta J Mickley of Harvard University, admitting that experts still don’t fully understand the forces shaping the country’s warming patterns. In an interview wirh Mickley explored the complex role aerosols play in India’s climate and why projections for the future remain highly uncertain.
Despite decades of rising global temperatures, India has warmed only about half as much as the rest of the Northern Hemisphere since 1950, based on NASA data using 1951–1980 as a baseline. While this may seem like a positive anomaly, it raises significant scientific questions.
Mickley, senior research fellow and co-lead of the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard Say...