The last 30 years of European summers have been the hottest in thousands of years, writes Alex Kirby, and we had better start getting used to it - most of all in the Mediterranean and the Arctic, where a 1.5C global temperature rise could be amplified to 3.4C and 6C respectively.
… Europe's summers hottest for 2,000 years - and you … The last 30 years of European summers have been the hottest in thousands of … 3.4C and 6C respectively. The unusually hot summers in Europe over the last three decades …
Rising temperatures in the Arctic are reaching further south to the lakes and forests of Finland, writes Alex Kirby. But the warming is not affecting summer temperatures - it's concentrated into the colder months, causing a shorter, less severe winter.
… Alex Kirby. But the warming is not affecting summer temperatures - it's concentrated into … average in March, April and May. In the summer months, however, the temperature rise …
Scientists analysing more than three decades of weather data for the northern Alaska outpost of Barrow have recorded an astonishing 7°C temperature rise, writes Alex Kirby - and the likely cause is the decline in Arctic sea ice.
… In 2014, the city experienced the coolest summer day recorded - 14.5°C. So one …
Climate change probably caused the savage drought that struck Syria nearly a decade ago, writes Alex Kirby - and helped to trigger the civil war that has so far claimed over 200,000 lives.
… of moisture from soils during the hot summers. Other researchers have observed the …
The Earth is on an unavoidable path towards a 1.5°C temperature rise by mid-century, says a new World Bank report. And as Alex Kirby reports, it could reach 4°C by 2100 unless immediate action is taken - with dire impacts on the planet's poorest people.
… flows will lead to less water resources in summer months and high risks of torrential …