The world is facing many problems due to climate change. Europe is not spared. But Europe is also facing climate change earlier than the rest of the world.
Over the past three decades, the European continent has warmed twice as much as the rest of the world, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization. The European continent is experiencing the highest temperature increase of any other continent on Earth. This has resulted in wildfires, floods and other climate change impacts occurring far beyond what is happening on other continents.
Climate change and summer heat!
Its impact has had dire consequences on biodiversity, social, economic and environment. This climate change-stricken Europe has also brought summer, melting alpine glaciers and warming the water in the Mediterranean Sea.
This year, like last year, large parts of Europe have been affected by heat waves and drought. Forests fuel wildfires. Europe is showing a live picture before our eyes of what the effects of global warming will be. It reminds us that no continent in the world is safe The World Meteorological Organization has warned.
A heat wave? What does it mean? So what’s the problem?
A heat wave is caused by a circulation that creates stability between high pressures in the atmosphere. Summer sunlight combined with dense air from North Africa entered the European peninsula as a “heat wave”. While these waves are normal in Europe, this time it has turned into a “storm” enough to spread more heat than usual across the continent and disrupt normal life. Yes! Some climatologists refer to this year’s waves as “Heat wave storms”.
Thousands of people died due to heat wave!
The impact of the heatwave has claimed thousands of lives in various European countries. Including Spain, Portugal, Germany More than a thousand people died in every country of Europe. Although the 2 waves that claimed more than 15 thousand lives have subsided, the meteorological centers have warned that the heat wave has not yet fully affected. The 2003 heat wave in Europe killed up to 30,000 people directly or indirectly. Europe experienced the most extreme heat since 1757
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