The European Union’s Copernicus service for climate change has published its annual report on the state of the climate in Europe, in which it said Europe experienced its hottest summer ever in 2021, with 1°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average.
Last year’s summer also saw many temperature records, including a provisional national record of 47°C in Spain and a provisional European record of 48.8°C in Italy, the report said.
The widespread drought has resulted in numerous forest fires, such as in Italy, Greece and Turkey. The total burned area in July and August in the Mediterranean region exceeded 800,000 ha, showed the report.
On a global scale, the global concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) continued to increase in 2021. A particularly significant increase was observed for the concentration of methane in the atmosphere.
“Although the year 2021 was not considered a record warm year, neither for Europe nor for the world, the European continent has warmed by around 2°C since the pre-industrial era and the globe from 1.1 to 1.2°C”, added the reoprt.
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