Menschengemachter Klimawandel: Klimaforscher: Europa wird häufiger Wetterextreme erleben
Europa ist der Kontinent, der sich am schnellsten erwärmt. Wer den diesjährigen Sommer bereits als extrem empfand, den werden die Erwartungen von Klimaforscher Rahmstorf nicht beruhigen.
According to climate researcher Stefan Rahmstorf, Europe can expect to experience more frequent extreme weather events in the future due to the continent's rapid warming. The scientist from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) told the "Rheinische Post" that as the Earth warms, the intensity of extreme events also increases.
Events that once occurred once every 500 years could now happen roughly every 50 years, he explained. These extreme events, which are already part of the current global warming of 1.4 degrees, have not yet been experienced in a climate that will be even warmer in the coming decades. Rahmstorf warns that the heatwave, drought, low water levels in rivers and wildfires experienced this year are far from being the worst. "It will not stay like this, but will only worsen."
He explains that when the long-term warming of the climate combines with natural weather fluctuations, as they do now, extreme summers with record temperatures will occur. However, he emphasizes that climate neutrality does not mean things will get better. "It only means that they will not get any worse." As long as harmful gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) continue to be emitted, the atmosphere will continue to heat up.
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