Heat records far surpass impressive records all over the world

In the United States, 92 all-time record temperatures were set as of July 16, compared to five record low temperatures on record, according to data From the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Globally, 188 heat records have been ever broken against an impressive 18 records.

Studies have shown that extreme heat will increase in frequency, intensity and duration due to the climate crisis. Gabriel Vicki, a climate scientist at Princeton University, told CNN that the imbalance of hot and cold recordings is an indication that climate crisisScientists have noticed a trend in recent years that hot extremes outweigh cold.

“That’s what you’d expect from global warming that has been driven in large part by greenhouse gases; this is the world we live in now,” Vicki told CNN, noting that “it’s fair to think that nearly every heat wave we’re experiencing now is seeing Some influence from global warming.”

All-time records were on the verge of crashing in the UK on Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees Celsius (up to 25 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal for this time of year.

The UK Met Office warned on Monday that highs could approach 40 degrees Celsius (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time – a forecast that prompted meteorologists there last week to Issuing a “red” heat warning For the first time ever. These forecasts will break the record for the UK’s highest temperature ever – 38.7°C. The Met Office reported that Wales had its hottest day on Monday and Scotland was at risk of seeing its hottest day.

Further south, where the heat has taken hold for more than a week, at least 1,000 people have died of heat-related illnesses in Portugal and Spain so far. Temperatures in Spain soared to more than 45 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) during the nearly week-long heatwave.

And in the United States, more than 40 million people received heat warnings and warnings on Monday from North Dakota to Texas, where soaring temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s and into the hundreds of last century. Meteorologists have warned that dozens of temperature records could be broken during the week.

Last year, world scientists concluded that with Every part of the warmingThe Effects of the climate crisis get worse. While extreme heat events would still occur without climate change, the increased intensity and frequency of these events in recent decades have been associated with higher fossil fuel emissions and observed global warming.

Imagine a bell-shaped temperature curve, Vicki said, with cold on the left and warm on the right. As climate change shifts this temperature curve to the warmer side, the long tails of the curve increase by a proportionally larger amount than the middle, indicating an increased likelihood of hotter events and a reduced likelihood of cold events.

Vicki said the European heat wave is noteworthy, given its cascading nature, which will only continue as the planet warms and is all the more reason to prepare for a hotter future.

While this year isn’t yet set to be the hottest on record, despite a heat wave in South Asia in May and another heat dome in Europe, this year is still warmer than historical times, which Vicki said “is driven in part by Much of it is due to the increase in greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.”

“It was a warm year,” he said. “And these are the hallmarks of global warming.”