{"id":16050,"date":"2022-09-10T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T12:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/climate-change-europes-warm-summer-shatters-records"},"modified":"2022-09-10T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T13:43:28","slug":"climate-change-europes-warm-summer-shatters-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/climate-change-europes-warm-summer-shatters-records","title":{"rendered":"Climate change: Europe&#8217;s warm summer shatters records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>This summer was the hottest on record in Europe, according to data from EU satellite monitoring.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A series of extreme heatwaves and a long running drought saw June, July and August shatter the previous high mark for temperature.<\/p>\n<p>The Copernicus Climate Change Service said the data showed August in Europe was the warmest on record by &#8220;a substantial margin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Globally, the researchers say August was the third warmest yet recorded.<\/p>\n<p>It will come as no surprise to anyone who experienced this summer&#8217;s intense heat across the continent that the temperature record across Europe has been broken by a large margin.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from Copernicus, this year saw a new record for both the summer as a whole and for the month of August.<\/p>\n<p>The summer was 0.4C warmer than the previous record, only set last year.<\/p>\n<p>August was a whopping 0.8C warmer than the same month in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_3.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An intense series of heatwaves across Europe paired with unusually dry conditions, have led to a summer of extremes with records in terms of temperature, drought and fire activity in many parts of Europe, affecting society and nature in various ways,&#8221; said Freja Vamborg, a senior scientist with the Copernicus Climate Change Service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The data shows that we&#8217;ve not only had record August temperatures for Europe but also for summer, with the previous summer record only being one year old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, temperatures reached a new high of 40.3C, recorded in Coningsby in Lincolnshire on July 19. It was a significant leap over the previous record of 38.7C set in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>These extremes were also seen in many other countries with 64 different areas of France experiencing record highs, while temperatures in Portugal reached 47C in July.<\/p>\n<p>Europe also experienced the worst drought conditions in 500 years.<\/p>\n<p>Around the globe the high temperatures in August persisted widely, with drought conditions also affecting China.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_4.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/postMediaimg_21_4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t a uniform picture &#8211; many areas had significant downpours resulting in flooding.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve seen most recently in Pakistan, wetter than average conditions have triggered huge floods, leading to loss of life and property.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite data also shows that it was wetter than average over most of Scandinavia and in parts of southern and south eastern Europe, where a &#8220;derecho&#8221; storm brought extreme winds and rain.<\/p>\n<p>Climate scientists say that both extreme heat and wet conditions are to be expected in a warming climate where emissions of warming gases from human activities have driven up temperatures by over 1.1C at present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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