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bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 04:28 PM Aug 2019

Europe Is Warming Faster Than Even Climate Models Projected



Yale Environment 360
E360 DIGEST
AUGUST 28, 2019

Climate change is raising temperatures in Europe even faster than climate models projected, according to new research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The number of summer days with extreme heat in Europe has tripled since the 1950s, while the number of days with extreme cold more than halved.

Extremely hot days in Europe have become hotter by an average of 4.14 degrees Fahrenheit, the study found, while extremely cold days have warmed by 5.4 degrees F. The research examined data from weather stations across Europe from 1950 to 2018, with more than 90 percent of stations showing that the climate was warming.

“Even at this regional scale over Europe, we can see that these trends are much larger than what we would expect from natural variability,” Ruth Lorenz, a climate scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and lead author of the new study, said in a statement. “That’s really a signal from climate change.”

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-is-warming-faster-than-even-climate-models-projected

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Europe Is Warming Faster Than Even Climate Models Projected (Original Post) bronxiteforever Aug 2019 OP
"Happening faster than we expected" is a constant refrain in climate change stories FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #1
We're so fucked. Boomer Aug 2019 #3
Meanwhile, Hair Furor skips the G 7 climate meetings.. Permanut Aug 2019 #2
+100 It is enough to make one crazy! bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #4

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
1. "Happening faster than we expected" is a constant refrain in climate change stories
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 05:46 PM
Aug 2019

We haven't been exaggerating, we've been soft-pedaling it.

Boomer

(4,159 posts)
3. We're so fucked.
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 08:18 PM
Aug 2019

The general public that is starting be at least "somewhat concerned" is still lagging decades behind the science, and the science is continuously underestimating the pace of change.

Take the worst case scenarios and cut the timeline to them in half. With luck, that will be in the ballpark of where we're headed. Maybe sooner.

Permanut

(5,436 posts)
2. Meanwhile, Hair Furor skips the G 7 climate meetings..
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 08:02 PM
Aug 2019

and Bible thumpers like Bob Dutko in Detroit continue to label the issue "a hoax".

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