Everything seems to indicate that 2023 will be the year we experience extreme heat even more than 2022. This is according to the United Kingdom’s National Weather Service, which guarantees that the coming year will see one of the highest average global temperatures. ever registered. .
In fact, 2023 will be tenth consecutive year where the temperature averages at least one degree above the average pre-industrial level. Earth is expected to experience a temperature increase of 1.08 to 1.32°C over the average recorded in 1900 when we started burning fossil fuels.
There are two main reasons for the increase and arrival of extreme heat in 2023. On the one hand, the end of the cycle Young woman, which tends to draw cooler temperatures towards the surface of the Pacific Ocean. This cycle is usually three years and ends in 2023.
On the other hand, there are gas emissions that cause the greenhouse effect. They will continue to rise next year, surpassing 2022 records. Bringing us ever closer to an inevitable climate catastrophe.
One degree Celsius doesn’t sound like much, but it has a ripple effect on climate around the world.
A one degree Celsius increase in global average temperature doesn’t sound like much, but it is. These changes have a domino effect that generates the intense heat wave that we have already experienced in recent years. Including never-before-seen massive wildfires, endless heatwaves and widespread droughts in different regions of the world.
According to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Spain, for example, experienced the worst heatwave in the country’s history in 2022. It was not only the longest – from July 9 to 18 – but also the largest in terms of territorial extent. It affected 36 provinces. and it is believed that she was responsible for the death of 500 people.
The extremely hot climate, in turn, causes an imbalance that exacerbates some of the climate events that have recently been observed in winter. Unexpected snowfall in regions where it should not be, extreme cold weather, as it is now in the US and Canada, or destructive storms.
The extreme heat wave of 2022 suggests that much more concrete action is needed.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a statement on 23 December warning of the need for concrete action following the climate impacts we are facing in 2022, including extreme heatwaves that have broken all previously recorded records.
“This year, we have faced several climate disasters that have claimed far too many lives, damaging health, food, energy, access to drinking water and even infrastructure. A third of Pakistan was flooded with devastating economic consequences and loss of life. The destruction of heat waves in China, Europe, North and South America. An endless drought in the Horn of Africa could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe, explained Peter Taalas, WMO Secretary-General.
The WMO also warns that while 2022 was not the hottest year on record – it was 2016 – it had some of the most intense weather on record. Including all-time record high temperatures, recurring extreme heat waves across various regions of Europe and South America, with Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay experiencing some of the warmest temperatures ever recorded.
Source: Hiper Textual
