Europe is warming the fastest in the world

Europe is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, a new report shows. No other population is experiencing faster warming than Europeans.

Different parts of the world are warming at different rates as global warming progresses. Among other things, the Arctic has warmed by ca Four times faster than average global warming since 1980. This contributes to the fact that the Arctic is expected to be completely free of summer ice by the 2030s. Average global warming is at the time of writing 0.23 degrees per decade.

A New report For Europe in particular, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says Europe is warming the fastest of all permanently inhabited continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania). Since 1980, Europe has seen a temperature increase of approx2 degrees – 0.5 degrees per decade. A warming rate twice the global average.

Europe has been marked by disasters and events over the past year, which are becoming more common as the region warms. As a result of the hottest summer of 2022 – the Nordics were largely excluded – more than 16,000 people died, and the temperature probe exceeded 40 degrees for the first time in the UK. In addition, in 2022 Europe also experienced record warm ocean heat waves along the coasts, while the Alps’ glaciers shrank more than ever in a year, according to the WMO report.

Although Sweden may have escaped the worst effects of the 2022 summer, Europe’s warming is strongly felt here as well. In addition to prevailing droughts in Götaland and Svealand, SVT’s latest climate mapping shows southern Sweden has 30 summer days per year, and the tree line has moved up to 235 meters.