A study conducted by the IOP publishing journal of Environmental Research Letters released March 7th, is projecting increases in European temperatures by far greater increments than the world average of 2 degrees centigrade.
"Under such a scenario, temperatures greater than the 2 °C global average will be experienced in Northern and Eastern Europe in winter and Southern Europe in summer; however, North-Western Europe -- specifically the UK -- will experience a lower relative warming." (2014, March 6).
The average temperatures are projected to be higher in the southern and already arid countries
" that in the summer, daily maximum temperatures could increase by 3-4 °C over South-Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula and rise well above 40 °C in regions that already experience some of the highest temperatures in Europe, such as Spain, Portugal and France. Such higher temperatures will increase evaporation and drought." (2014, March 6).
Such changes in temperatures could shift weather patterns across Europe dramatically.
"The study also shows that there will be a robust increase in precipitation over Central and Northern Europe in the winter and Northern Europe in the summer, and that most of the continent will experience an increase in instances of extreme precipitation, increasing the flood risks which are already having significant economic consequences." (2014, March 6).
Journal Reference:
Robert Vautard, Andreas Gobiet, Stefan Sobolowski, Erik Kjellström, Annemiek Stegehuis, Paul Watkiss, Thomas Mendlik, Oskar Landgren, Grigory Nikulin, Claas Teichmann, Daniela Jacob. The European climate under a 2 °C global warming. Environmental Research Letters, 2014; 9 (3): 034006 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034006
Institute of Physics. (2014, March 6). Europe may experience higher warming than global average. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140306191524.htm
"Under such a scenario, temperatures greater than the 2 °C global average will be experienced in Northern and Eastern Europe in winter and Southern Europe in summer; however, North-Western Europe -- specifically the UK -- will experience a lower relative warming." (2014, March 6).
The average temperatures are projected to be higher in the southern and already arid countries
" that in the summer, daily maximum temperatures could increase by 3-4 °C over South-Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula and rise well above 40 °C in regions that already experience some of the highest temperatures in Europe, such as Spain, Portugal and France. Such higher temperatures will increase evaporation and drought." (2014, March 6).
Such changes in temperatures could shift weather patterns across Europe dramatically.
"The study also shows that there will be a robust increase in precipitation over Central and Northern Europe in the winter and Northern Europe in the summer, and that most of the continent will experience an increase in instances of extreme precipitation, increasing the flood risks which are already having significant economic consequences." (2014, March 6).
Journal Reference:
Robert Vautard, Andreas Gobiet, Stefan Sobolowski, Erik Kjellström, Annemiek Stegehuis, Paul Watkiss, Thomas Mendlik, Oskar Landgren, Grigory Nikulin, Claas Teichmann, Daniela Jacob. The European climate under a 2 °C global warming. Environmental Research Letters, 2014; 9 (3): 034006 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034006
Institute of Physics. (2014, March 6). Europe may experience higher warming than global average. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140306191524.htm
