Europe, the fastest continent on Earth, is carrying the worst part of the climatic crisis. The year 2024 was the most popular ever registered in this part of the world, since it was worldwide, with record temperatures in the central, oriental and southeast regions. The storms were often violent, and the floods were generalized, resulted in at least 335 deaths and affecting 413,000 people, according to the European climate report, published on Tuesday, April 15 by the Copernic Climate Organization (WM) and the world.
Europe is heating “double fast” that the global average, said Samantha Burgess, leader of the C3S climate strategy. Several factors are at stake: the region includes part of the Arctic, where temperatures increase the fastest on Earth, changes in atmospheric circulation promote the most frequent summer heat waves and efforts to combat air cock reduce aerosols that partially partially.
This warming, due to human activities, results in more frequent and intense extremes. In 2024, Europe experienced its most extensive floods since 2013. Almost a third of the River Network exceeded a flood threshold classified as “high”, which means events that can resort every five years. Some rivers, such as Thames in the United Kingdom and Loira in France, registered no flow rates in 33 years, in spring and autumn.
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