5 cubic kilometres (1.2 cubic miles) of ice melted within the Alps, Copernicus says in its European State of the Local weather Report 2022.
(Reuters)
Extra glacier ice melted within the Alps in 2022 than ever earlier than, the EU local weather change service Copernicus has warned, including that the summer time was the warmest ever recorded.
The service’s European State of the Local weather Report 2022 (ESOTC 2022) on Thursday confirmed that 5 cubic kilometres (1.2 cubic miles) of ice had been misplaced final yr.
“The local weather that awaits us shall be very, very completely different from the local weather we grew up in,” Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo mentioned.
Summer time temperatures averaged 1.4 levels above the reference interval of 1991 to 2000. In accordance with Copernicus, temperatures in Europe are rising at about twice the worldwide common.
The summer time of 2022 was marked by an unlimited drought that affected greater than a 3rd of Europe, in keeping with Copernicus, affecting agriculture, transportation and power provides.
This was partly as a result of much less snow fell than common within the earlier winter and large warmth waves in the summertime exacerbated the scenario.
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2022 was a yr of extremes for Europe, in keeping with the brand new report from @CopernicusECMWF #ClimateChange service.
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Excessive warmth in Europe
In southern Europe, there was additionally a major improve within the variety of days thought-about to be days of maximum warmth stress.
As well as, photo voltaic radiation in Europe was extra intense than at some other time prior to now 40 years. This resulted within the above-average potential for solar energy manufacturing in lots of components of the continent.
Consultants anticipate this pattern to proceed.
The focus of greenhouse gases within the environment didn’t lower final yr. Quite the opposite, each the focus of carbon dioxide and that of the extraordinarily potent local weather fuel methane elevated.
Copernicus’ data return to 1979. The Local weather Change Service additionally makes use of information from floor stations, balloons, plane and satellites going again to 1950.
Month-to-month information on temperatures, sea ice cowl and different points are printed utilizing pc evaluation.
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