India, April 30 -- A recent study by IIT Bombay shows that heatwaves over the Indo-Gangetic Plains are primarily driven by local land and atmospheric factors, rather than by hot air travelling from elsewhere. Another study in Springer Nature Research highlights that local weather conditions - such as soil moisture, cloud cover, and humidity - play a greater role in accelerating heatwave intensity and duration than previously understood. This means local land-atmosphere interactions could dominate more than regional, large-scale climate changes in creating extreme heat events. Morbid as their results may be, both these studies remind us that mitigating emissions can seem a lofty global goal for dealing with the climate crisis. Yet, simple ...