LONDON: With heatwaves in Europe expected to be 10 times as likely due to climate change, it should come as no surprise that England in particular will soon see record-breaking warm years.
That’s at least according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, which details how the chance that England will experience a record-breaking warm year, such as the one seen in 2014, is set to substantially increase as a result of man-made climate change. In fact, in the near future record-breaking warm years will be at least 13 times more likely.
This is according to climate model simulations and detailed analyses of the Central England Temperature (CET) record – the world’s longest instrumental temperature record dating back to 1659.
The study results show that human activities have a large influence on extreme warm years in England, which is surprising considering it is such a small country.
“When you look at average annual temperatures over larger regions of the world, such as the whole of Europe, there is a lower variability in temperatures from year to year compared with smaller areas,” lead author Dr. Andrew King said in a press release.
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