New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- 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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The story of climate change is, in many ways, the story of water. What do we mean by that? The world is getting hotter because of planet-heating greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by humanity's use of fossil fuels. The effect of this is felt in the different ways that heat affects water, the key to life on the planet. Whether it is rainfall, glaciers, sea levels, the health of forests and ecosystems, or the daily water we need, a heating planet disrupts our relationship with water disastrously. We experienced this disruption in a very intense man...