India’s monsoon winds trace back nearly 13 million years
Global cooling, rise of Himalayas helped stir up South Asian monsoon
FIRST WIND The strong winds that carry water-laden clouds over India every year began blowing around 12.9 million years ago, new research suggests. Monsoon rainfall often leads to heavy flooding in the country, as seen here in Hyderabad in July.
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