This summer is the hottest summer since the record of Europe

The European Union's Corbini Climate Change Service Bureau said on the 8th that this summer is the hottest summer since the record of Europe. Affected by climate change, the year since 2016 "contributed" the hottest summer of the record since Europe.

Copernicus Climate Change Service Bureau released a news communiqué, saying that the average temperature in Europe has reached the highest value since 1991 from June to August this year, which is 1.34 degrees Celsius higher than the average level from 1991 to 2020, which is higher than the European. The "hottest" summer average temperature record is nearly 0.4 degrees Celsius.

On July 13th, on the glass pyramid square of the Luxi Palace Museum in Paris, France, a woman posted iced mineral water on her forehead to relieve the heat. Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing was taken by Gao Jing

Europe was attacking last year, and Italy set the highest temperature in Europe with 48.8 degrees Celsius. High temperatures also caused severe mountain fires in many European countries such as Greece, Turkey, Italy, and the total area of ​​over -fire exceeded 800,000 hectares.

This summer, Europe also encountered multiple rounds of heat waves. The temperature of many countries reached a record high. The maximum temperature in many places exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. The United Kingdom ushered in the first high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius since the record in July.

This is the dry Spanish Sihara Reservoir taken on August 15. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Gustava Barlinte)

The Copernicus Climate Change Service Bureau uses satellite to monitor the impact of climate change on the earth. The recorded data can be traced back to 1979. However, a female spokesman of the agency told AFP that with reference to other data, "confidence" has identified the summer of 2022 as the hottest summer in Europe since 1880.

The number of natural disasters caused by high temperatures this summer has also increased, especially drought and mountain fire. According to data from the European Forest Fire Information System, at least 660,000 hectares of forest land in Europe had been destroyed by the forest fire in Europe to mid -August this year. Meteorologists at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission also warned that European drought in 2018 was the worst in the past 500 years, and this year's drought is likely to exceed 2018. (Qiao Ying)

(Source: Xinhua News Agency client)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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