The summer of 2022 in Europe was the hottest so far, and the upcoming summer could again be rich in heat records, scientists predict. Global warming in Europe is twice as fast as the global average, researchers say.
The probability of a record hot summer is increasing every year, experts of the Copernicus Climate Change Service note in their annual report.
Satellite observations and computer simulations have proven that the last eight years have been the hottest for the planet in the history of meteorological observations, the Plus-one portal writes.
Data analysis showed that in the summer of 2022, the amount of precipitation in Europe was 10% less than the norm. Together with unusually high temperatures (in places up to 10 degrees above normal), the low amount of precipitation has created conditions for drought and the drying up of the second largest river in Europe. Last year’s forest fires were the second largest in area in the history of this region.
Climate records have also affected the Arctic regions of Europe, where the summer of 2022 was the sixth hottest in a row, reports New Scientist. The melting of the glaciers in Greenland reached an unprecedented scale, the Alpine glaciers also lost 5 km³ of territory, which was a record in the history of observations.
Experts note that due to the El Niño atmospheric phenomenon, the summer of 2023 could become even hotter than last year.
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2023-05-06 08:15:36
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