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Rise in surface temperatures due to climate change is likely to boost monsoon depressions over India, which will increase the intensity of extreme rainfall events, says a new research. The study published in Nature Scientific Reports was carried out by researchers from School of Earth, Ocean, and Climate Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Past studies have shown that there was an increase in the moisture content of atmosphere over India due to consistent increase in surface warming, induced by climate change. According to the recent data from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast, the relative humidity in the mid-troposphere has increased about 2% over the sub-continent in last 39 years, which has led to the increase in extreme rainfall events over central India.