Europe ÂѤ¨¤ëd its ¶¦Æ±¤Î hottest year on RECORD in 2023 - with µ¤²¹s above ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë for 11 months of the year, Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹s
- Europe's Á´ÂΤˤ錄¤ë µ¤²¹ for the year was 1.8¡ëF (1¡ëC) above ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë
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2023 was Europe's ¶¦Æ±¤Î-hottest year on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë - and it was ÂçÉôʬ¤Ï thanks to µ¤¸õ change, ÀìÌç²Ès say.??
Europe's Á´ÂΤˤ錄¤ë µ¤²¹ last year was?1.8¡ëF (1¡ëC) above ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë, the EU's?µ¤¸õ change?programme has ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d ? putting it on a par with 2020.?
Worryingly, µ¤²¹s in the continent were higher than the ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë for 11 months of the year, ´Þ¤àing the warmest September on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë.?
2023 saw a µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë number of days with 'extreme heat ¶¯Ä´¤¹¤ë¡¿¥¹¥È¥ì¥¹', where the heat was so ¸·¤·¤¤ that it ¾×·âd human wellbeing, often fatally.?
ÀìÌç²Ès ·Ù¹ð¤¹¤ë that Europe is the 'fastest warming continent' in the world, where µ¤²¹s are rising at around twice the Á´À¤³¦¤Î ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë Ψ, ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ëing wildfires, ´³¤Ð¤Äs and more extreme Å·¸õ events.?
Europe ÂѤ¨¤ëd its ¶¦Æ±¤Î hottest year on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë last year. In this Íð¤¹ing photo È¿±Ç¤¹¤ëing the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë of the modern µ¤¸õ, people stand in Á°Àþ of a forest ²ò¸Û¤¹¤ë¡¿Ë¤²Ð¡¿¼Í·â in New Peramos, ¶á¤Å¤¯ Athens, on July 19, 2023
Europe's ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë µ¤²¹ in 2023 was 1.8¡ëF (1¡ëC) above ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë, the EU's µ¤¸õ change programme has ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d - putting it on a par with 2020
Scientists at?Copernicus µ¤¸õ Service (C3S) have already ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd that 2023 was the hottest year on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë globally, but the new Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ is ÌÀ³Î¤Ê¡¿ºÙÉô to Europe.?
Globally, 2023 has already been dubbed the year Earth ¶ì¤·¤àd the costliest µ¤¸õ ºÒ³²s like ´³¤Ð¤Äs, floods, wildfires and lethal heatwaves, ÂçÉôʬ¤Ï ͽÄê to ²¹¼¼ gas Êü½Ð¡¿È¯¹Ôs ? but these occurred all over Europe.?
'In 2023, Europe ¾Ú¸À¡¤¾Ú¿Í¡¿Ìܷ⤹¤ëd the largest wildfire ever µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ëd, one of the wettest years, ¸·¤·¤¤ ³¤ÍÎ heatwaves and ÉáµÚ¤·¤¿ ÇËÌÇŪ¤Ê flooding,' said?Carlo Buontempo, director of?C3S.
'µ¤²¹s continue to Áý²Ã¤¹¤ë, making our data ever more ·èÄêŪ¤Ê in ½àÈ÷¤¹¤ëing for the ¾×·âs of µ¤¸õ change.'?
Celeste Saulo, Ĺ´±-general at the World µ¤¾Ý¤Î Organization, pointed the finger squarely at ²¹¼¼ gas Êü½Ð¡¿È¯¹Ôs.??
¡ÈThe µ¤¸õ ´íµ¡ is the biggest challenge of our À¤Âå,' she said.?
'The cost of µ¤¸õ ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® may seem high but the cost of inaction is much higher.?
'As this Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ shows, we need to ¤Æ¤³Æþ¤ì¡¿¼ÚÆþ»ñËÜ science to ¶¡µë¤¹¤ë ²òÅús for the good of society.'?
September last year saw a ´Ø¿´ing ÎÌ of µ¤²¹ anomalies, meaning µ¤²¹s were higher than usual for that time of year. This image shows ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë surface ¶õµ¤¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë µ¤²¹ anomalies (¡ëC) over Europe for June to September 2023, ¿Æ² to the ·îËè¤Î ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë for the 1991?2020 ¸ÀµÚ¡¿´ØÏ¢ period
Europe experienced ÉáµÚ¤·¤¿ flooding and ¸·¤·¤¤ heatwaves last year. Here, a man ÎäÀŤʡ¿ÀµÌ£¤Îs É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë ¶á¤Å¤¯ a fountain at Piazza Castello during a heatwave in Turin, Italy, August 25, 2023
Spain ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ëd hot Å·¸õ red ·ÙÊós for three ÃÏ°ès ͽÄê to the 'extreme' danger Ä󵯤¹¤ë¡¿¥Ý¡¼¥º¤ò¤È¤ëd by scorching µ¤²¹s in July 2023
An ¹Ò¶õµ¡ ¸º¾¯¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës water on a ²ò¸Û¤¹¤ë¡¿Ë¤²Ð¡¿¼Í·â dz¤ä¤¹ing in the ¶¯É÷ de Cima area in the municipality of Aljezur, south of Portugal, August 9, 2023
A firefighter tries to ¾ÃÌǤµ¤»¤ë a wildfire dz¤ä¤¹ing at the »º¶È¤Î zone of the city of Volos, in central Greece, July 26, 2023
¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð CS3's dataset ? which ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës hourly data on atmospheric, land and sea µ¤²¹ metrics ? 2023 and 2020 tied as Europe's warmest years.?
In both years, Europe's ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë surface ¶õµ¤¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë µ¤²¹ (how hot ¶õµ¤¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë is 6.5 feet from Earth's surface) was?1.8¡ëF or 1¡ëC higher than the 1991-2020 ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë.?
And surface ¶õµ¤¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë µ¤²¹ has got ¤«¤Ê¤ê higher in a short space of time, ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ëing ±Êµ×¤Î long-¾Î¤¹¤ë¡¤¸Æ¤Ö¡¿´ü´Ö¡¿ÍѸì change.?
The three warmest years on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë for Europe have all occurred since 2020, while the 10 warmest have been since 2007.?
Although the summer of 2023 was not Europe's warmest summer on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë, ÀìÌç²Ès said ¾ò·ïs during the season were often 'extreme'.
An '±äŤ¹¤ëd summer' between June and September ? where higher µ¤²¹s ¸Ç¼¹¤¹¤ë into autumn ? saw heatwaves, wildfires, ´³¤Ð¤Äs and flooding.?
Heat-´Ø·¸¤Î¤¢¤ë deaths have Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëd by around 30 per cent in the past 20 years and are ³µ»»¤Î to have Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëd in 94 per cent of the European ÃÏ°ès ´Æ»ë¤¹¤ëd, CS3 said.?
2023 saw a µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë number of days with ¡Æextreme heat ¶¯Ä´¤¹¤ë¡¿¥¹¥È¥ì¥¹¡Ç. There is an Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëing ·¹¸þ in the number of days with at least ¡Æstrong heat ¶¯Ä´¤¹¤ë¡¿¥¹¥È¥ì¥¹¡Ç across Europe
A beach-goer Ãí¤°s water on his ľÌ̤¹¤ë to refresh himself on the Ricanto beach in Ajaccio, on the French island of Corsica, on July 19, 2023, as Europe is ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë by a major heatwave
People bathe in the area of Lake Sirio to ÎäÀŤʡ¿ÀµÌ£¤Î off, in the ½£ of Turin, Italy, 16 July 2023, as? Italy ľÌ̤¹¤ëd the third heatwave of the summer bringing µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë µ¤²¹s
In July,?heatwave and wildfires scorched Îós of the Northern Ⱦµå, ·³Ââing the ÈòÆñ¡¿°ú¤¾å¤² of 1,200 children ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë to a Greek seaside Áʤ¨¤ë¼êÃÊ¡¿¹Ô³ÚÃÏ. Pictured, is a man at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, on July 18, 2023
More than 5,000 people died in ¥Õ¥é¥ó alone ͽÄê to the searing summer heat, ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð a »öÁ°¤Î?Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ from ¥Õ¥é¥ó's public health µ¡´Ø.?
Although total European deaths ͽÄê to heat last year are to be ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d, ͽÁª ¸«Àѡʤë¡Ës ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë 63 lives were lost ͽÄê to Íò¡¿½±·â¤¹¤ës, 44 to floods and 44 to wildfires in Europe.?
CS3 also ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d worrying results for?sea surface µ¤²¹ (SST) ? how hot the water is at the ocean's surface.? ?
For the year as a whole, the ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë sea surface µ¤²¹ for the ocean across Europe was the highest on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë.
In particular, the highest sea surface µ¤²¹s were off the west coast of Spain and Portugal, but also along the Mediterranean and also off the coast of Scotland and Ireland.?
¸¦µæ°÷s also said there was a below ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë number of days with snow in Europe last year, which is ±Æ¶Á¤¹¤ë¡¿´¶¾ðing the ¼Á of skiing?around the continent.
In the ¥¢¥ë¥×¥¹»³Ì®,?glaciers have lost around 10 per cent of their remaining ÍÆÀÑ¡¿ÍÆÎÌ over 2022 and 2023.?
Parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern ÂçÀ¾ÍÎ Ocean saw their highest ǯ¼¡¤Î ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë sea surface µ¤²¹ on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë last year
Low levels of snow cover pictured?during a heatwave in the Mont-Blanc ÃÏ°è in Chamonix, ¥Õ¥é¥ó, August 23, 2023
CS3 ´«¤á¤ës À¯ÉÜs to make the °Ü¹Ô to eco-friendly ÎÏ¡¿¶¯ÎϤˤ¹¤ë sources that don't us e ²½ÀРdzÎÁs, like ¾¡Íø¡¤¾¡¤Äd and solar, away from the likes of coal and gas.?
In fact, some renewable energy sources could even Íø±× from wild Å·¸õ while Èò¤±¤ëing úÁÇ Êü½Ð¡¿È¯¹Ôs.?
For example, Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëd Íò¡¿½±·â¤¹¤ë activity through October to December 2023 resulted in above-ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë ²ÄǽÀ¤Î¤¢¤ë for ¾¡Íø¡¤¾¡¤Äd ÎÏ¡¿¶¯ÎϤˤ¹¤ë À¸»º¡¿»ºÊª.?
The Met Office has already ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d that?2023 was second warmest year on µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë for UK, after 2022.??
A Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ at the end of last year by the ¹ñ²È¤Î ¿®ÍÑ said the UK's extreme Å·¸õ ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ëd Â纮Íð for nature?around the country.?
The year started off ¶Ëü¤Ë ´¥Á礷¤¿¡¤Æü¾È¤ê¤Î, ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ on from 2022's parched summer, while parts of the South West and East Anglia remained in ´³¤Ð¤Ä until September.?
This was followed by the warmest June ever µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ëd in the UK and then a warmer and wetter autumn than normal.?