Temperature records are being set all over the world. It looks like July will be the hottest on record, and the week of July 3rd to 10th has already become one.
Meteorologists say writes The Guardian that this is not the limit – the temperature increase will continue. Heat waves in Texas (USA), Greece and Spain, Italy and many other countries have caused a sharp increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and an unusual band of strong winds blowing high over the Atlantic.
Europe is “on the alert”, many countries have issued “red” weather warnings. Forest fires are raging in Croatia, the same is happening in the Spanish Navarre and on the Adriatic coast. Tourist facilities are temporarily closed, as, for example, in Athens they limited opening hours Acropolis.
The World Meteorological Organization reported last week that our planet has not experienced anything like this since instrumental air temperature measurements began in the 1850s. Professor Christopher Hewitt, Director of the WMO Climate Watch, says:
“We are in uncharted territory and this is disturbing news for the planet.”
Karsten Haustein, researcher at the University of Leipzig in the field of atmospheric radiation, agrees:
“The chances are that July will be the hottest month on record… ‘All’ means since the Eemian (interglacial) period about 120,000 years ago.”
Scientists warn that global temperatures could exceed the 1.5°C threshold this year or next. It has been set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as an upper limit to the increase in global warming, thus avoiding the passage of meteorological tipping points across the planet that could lead to irreversible changes in world weather patterns.
The consequences of a new record heat wave, which will come very soon, will be deep and dangerous. More than 61,000 people died as a result of a sharp increase in temperature that swept Europe in the summer of 2022. It is quite possible that the tragic record will be broken this or next year. There is a strong possibility that last year’s death toll will be exceeded very soon, and Mediterranean countries such as Greece, Spain and Italy are likely to suffer severe consequences.
According to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “climate change is getting out of control.” He warned that if the world persisted in delaying key measures needed to curb fossil fuel emissions, it could lead to a “catastrophic situation”.
In southern Europe, temperatures are already reaching +40°C and are expected to rise further. In Greece, updating emergency weather bulletinΕΜΥ reports that from Thursday to Sunday, at least until July 23, the influx of a heat wave is again expected in most regions of Greece, and the thermometers will again confidently overcome the 40 ° C mark.
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