Climatologists warn that if global warming is not curbed, Europe will continue to set records for extreme heat, droughts and fires during the summer.
The summer of 2022 will be Europe’s hottest on record. On Thursday, September 8, MSN was reported in connection with the European Commission’s surveillance service.
Experts noted that the average air temperature in the Old World was four tenths of a degree higher than last year’s summer, which was recorded as hot.
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“Specifically, the average temperature from June to August 2022 was 1.34°C above the historical average for the 30-year period from 1991 to 2020, while August, which is the hottest month of the summer, exceeded average temperature 1991-2020 of 1.72°C,” experts said.
During this period, at least 700 thousand hectares of forest were destroyed by forest fires in EU countries, and on August 23, the European Commission announced that Europe is experiencing the worst drought in the last five centuries.
Among the states most affected by fires this year are Spain (246 thousand hectares of burned forests), Romania (150 thousand hectares), Portugal (75 thousand hectares) and France (61 thousand hectares).
Because of the abnormal heat, many countries are facing water shortages.
Recall that in mid-August this year, a drought was declared in eight regions of Britain. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has spread across most of the country.
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