New Delhi, July 25 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox.

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It's getting harder to get a good night's sleep. For many, modern lifestyle choices are to blame, but for most Indians suffering from sleepless nights, the cause is a dangerous rise in nighttime heat. As global temperatures rise due to climate change, nights are getting steadily hotter. Latest studies show that both the number of warm days and warm nights are increasing every decade across India.

Earlier this month, the international climate attribution body, Climate Central, released a new report that tracks this silent crisis worldwide. Tit...