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Analysis of the new average temperature record for the past few days as ‘nothing happened in 100,000 years’
Expert “Tasting now… Meteorological phenomena will become more extreme”
Locals walking along the Rio Grande River, whose water has been reduced due to unusually high temperatures
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Cheol-hwan = As this year is likely to become the hottest year since the beginning of human history, there are concerns that various climate crises that have been rampant in recent years will show unpredictable aspects.
Carlo Buontempo, director of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said in an interview with CNN on the 8th (local time) that “the world is entering uncharted territory.”
The global average temperature rose to 17.23 degrees Celsius on the 6th, breaking the all-time record for the third time this week alone.
Although comparable data have only been available since the mid-20th century, when modern temperature measurements began, no such temperature was recorded in early July, “almost certainly not for at least 100,000 years,” said Jennifer of the Woodwell Climate Research Center in the US. Researcher Francis said.
This has been looming for months, with global sea surface temperatures hitting record highs in June and sea ice around Antarctica at record low levels.
It is interpreted as the result of El Niño, which occurred once more in four years, further raising the world temperature while global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating.
El Niño, a phenomenon in which sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific near the equator rise, is known to have the effect of raising global temperatures.
However, experts said it was true, but not surprising, that the figures came out like never before. This is because despite warnings regarding the possibility of global warming for decades, sufficient responses have not been made.
“This fits perfectly with what we’ve long expected we’ll see,” Francis said.
The problem is that there is no way to accurately predict what kind of climate crisis these high temperatures will cause.
“We predicted more and more heat waves, floods and droughts around the world, but the intensity of some of them was a bit surprising,” said Peter Stott, a scientist with the UK Meteorological Office. “Climate change may not be as linear as we thought. Concerns are growing,” he said.
It is said that as climate patterns change due to global warming, there is a possibility of more extreme weather events than predicted by existing models.
In many parts of the world, these concerns have already become reality, and damage is appearing one following another.
Texas and southern parts of the United States are suffering from unusually high temperatures, and at least 112 people in neighboring Mexico have lost their lives in the heat wave between March and the end of June this year. China is also experiencing its worst heat ever, with temperatures in the capital, Beijing, exceeding 40 degrees this week.
“This phenomenon is only going to get worse and more extreme,” Stot warned. “What we’re seeing now is just a taste of what will happen if efforts to reduce greenhouse gases are not successful.”
Mass deaths of fish in southern Iraq
On July 5, 2023, tens of thousands of dead fish lie in a wetland in the city of Chivay, in southern Iraq’s Dhkar province. Suffering from unusually high temperatures, droughts and sandstorms, Iraq is one of the five most affected countries by climate change designated by the United Nations.
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