Asia | India’s climate
Monsoon, or later
A looming drought is manageable. Long-term changes to the monsoon might be catastrophic
|DASNA, UTTAR PRADESH
THE dizzying midday heat of India’s northern plains cracks the earth. Farmers slump on the charpoys on which they sleep outdoors. It should be raining, yet the sky is clear. Prithi Singh, lean and wrinkled, says his entire rice crop has withered, along with fields sown for fodder.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Monsoon, or later”
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