EU report: this year was the hottest summer in Europe so far
This summer was the hottest in Europe’s history, record-breaking heat waves occurred on the continent, and forest fires ravaged the continent due to a drought not seen in centuries, the European Union’s satellite Earth observation program, Copernicus, announced on Thursday.
![](https://trademagazin.cdn.webgarden.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/plants-g0a8663124_1920-300x169.jpg)
According to the report of the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service (C3S), Europe has never been warmer than this year between June and August (Photo: Pixabay)
According to the report of the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service (C3S), Europe has never been warmer than this year between June and August. According to the data, August was the hottest month on the continent, beating the previous record set in August 2021 by 0.4 degrees Celsius. Temperatures in August 2022 across most of Europe were 1.72 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average. Above-average air temperatures close to the surface in Europe occurred mostly in the western region of the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern part of the continent, they wrote. It was also announced that globally, August 2022 was also the warmest month on record. The average temperature in August was 0.3 degrees higher in the world than the monthly average measured between 1991-2020.
Finally, the report highlighted that, due to climate change, heat waves are expected to become more frequent and intense, which will cause droughts similar to this year’s.
MTI
Related news
The interests of farmers must be placed at the center of the common agricultural policy
Farmers and farmers’ interests must once again be placed at…
Read more >Minister of Agriculture: sustainable agriculture and forestry play a prominent role in the fight against climate change
Sustainable agriculture and forestry play an outstanding role in the…
Read more >Here are the first results: the CO2 emissions of domestic agriculture are that much lower
We see data on greenhouse gas emissions not only at…
Read more >Related news
Fidelity: Three themes shaping investments in Q3
Has the post-epidemic normalization that we have been waiting for…
Read more >Auchan has appointed a new product director
From July 1, László Varga will perform the duties of…
Read more >Healthy summer nutrition tips with Eisberg
With the arrival of the really hot summer and the…
Read more >