Why is India facing bouts of extreme weather?

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3 Context: Even as the southwest monsoon began to retreat from the subcontinent, Kerala and Uttarakhand received record rainfall in October. Over the last few years, there have been variations in the pattern and intensity of rainfallin both these States and others. What explains the torrential rain in Kerala and Uttarakhand? When the atmosphere and the ocean is considered as a whole, rain everywhere is the result of moisture rushing up to fill differences in temperature between oceans and the land. Warming oceans are contributing to intense spells of rainfall in pockets followed by long rainless spells.....Read More