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Europe is experiencing a sharp rise in extreme heat stress, with temperatures increasing by an estimated 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth Source: euronewsen. A new study published in the journal Nature warns that extreme 'feels-like' temperatures, heat stress days, and tropical nights have become dramatically more frequent Source: euronewsen.
Heat stress refers to the buildup of body heat when the environment overwhelms the body's ability to cool itself. Factors include high temperatures, humidity, physical activity, and inadequate fluid intake Source: euronewses. Symptoms range from elevated heart rate and nausea to heat stroke, which can be deadly Source: euronewsen.
Researchers analyzed heat stress at three levels: strong (≥32°C), very strong (≥38°C), and extreme (≥46°C). Southern Europe is seeing nearly a month more of strong heat stress days compared to the 1970s Source: euronewsen. Specific regions in southern Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey could face up to 40 additional days of strong heat stress annually Source: euronewses. Lead author Rebecca Emerton notes that the footprint of heat stress is expanding into areas where it was historically rare or nonexistent Source: euronewsen.
“According to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), temperatures in Europe have increased by an estimated 2.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels despite efforts to stop global warming, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth.”
“Las temperaturas en Europa han aumentado en unos 2,5ºC respecto a los niveles preindustriales, pese a los esfuerzos para frenar el calentamiento global, lo que convierte al continente en el que se calienta más rápido del planeta.”
“A new study, published in the science journal Nature, warns that extreme ‘feels-like’ temperatures, heat stress days and tropical nights ... have all become 'dramatically more frequent'.”
“The study’s lead author Rebecca Emerton says it is striking 'to see heat stress not only intensifying in those places that we already consider as being hot ... but also to see this ... expanding footprint of heat stress expanding into regions where it’s historically been rare or non-existent.'”