Yesterday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the first chapter of its assessment report, Working Group on the Physical Basis of Climate Change. Transfer. 234 researchers worked on 12 chapters of the document, citing 14,000 studies.
The report summarizes the latest scientific findings on climate change and paints an ever bleaker picture. A report by the world’s leading climate scientists describes that we will face more and more extreme weather events in the future, ice sheet collapse and Changes in ocean currents sem.
According to the report, it is “obvious” that human activity is warming the atmosphere, oceans and land. He notes that “the pace of climate change is unprecedented in human history, as the temperature increased by about 1.09 degrees Celsius between 2011 and 2020 compared to the pre-industrial revolution.” The report states that “the 1.5 degree target is still achievable, but it requires rapid emissions reductions. If we do not reduce emissions as soon as possible, we can consume, at current levels, the maximum amount of CO2 still able to meet the 1.5 degree target.” by 2030.”
extreme phenomena
For the first time, the latest report devotes a separate chapter to severe weather. The authors were already able to account for the increasing frequency of heat waves in North America and bushfires in Australia. The report shows that climate change is a major contributor to extreme hot weather.
The forecast is worrying: droughts will be more frequent in southern Europe in the future, while very heavy rains are expected in northern Europe – but heat waves are expected to become more frequent in both regions.
