Named the region of the planet that heats up faster than others

Warming during the summer months in Europe was much faster than the global average. Employees found this out

from Stockholm University.The research results were published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. As a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the climate across the continent has also become drier, especially in southern Europe, leading to stronger heat waves and an increased risk of fires.

According to the Intergovernmental Group of ExpertsAccording to the United Nations Climate Change Commission (IPCC), warming over land is occurring significantly faster than over oceans, averaging 1.6 degrees and 0.9 degrees, respectively. This means that the global greenhouse gas emissions budget needed to keep land warming to 1.5 degrees has already been spent.

The left and right panels show warming in Europe during the summer half of the year over the past four decades, divided into clear-sky and cloudy-sky conditions, respectively.
Credit: Paul Glanz/Stockholm University

Now scientists have found that the emissions budget forpreventing warming of 2 degrees over most of Europe during the summer half of the year (April-September) has also been spent. In fact, measurements show that warming during the summer months in most of Europe has already exceeded two degrees over the past four decades.

Moreover, there were fewer clouds over much of Europe, likely due to less water vapor in the air.

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