What is a Heat Wave?
Heat waves are a drastic increase in surface temperature that lasts for a prolonged period i.e. 2-3 days or even a week. A heat wave can be measured by the difference in the amount of heat with the actual average temperature in that region. In some cases, heat waves may last for even more than a week depending upon the country and its weather conditions. Heat waves didn’t exist before the 1950s and it was the first time in 1950 when heat waves were observed for the first time and many scientists relate it to climate change. Several studies and research show that heat waves mainly occur when the normal temperature of a region increases by 90 F in 5 days.
Heat Wave
In the past few decades, industrialization and modernization have led to deforestation, increasing the surface temperature due to less rainfall and ozone layer depletion. During the summer season, many parts of the world, especially tropical regions faces, heat waves. Heat waves can be hazardous for humans as well as for animals as they can create a drought, and skin issues in humans, and lead to crop depletion as well.