China News Service, April 23, according to foreign media reports, on the 22nd local time, the European Union Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released the latest report that 2019 is the hottest year in Europe on record, compared with the past 40 The average annual temperature is about 1.2 degrees Celsius higher.
According to reports, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 11 of the 12 hottest years in Europe occurred in the 21st century. The report, released on the 22nd, stated that the researchers observed that "there has been a clear warming trend over the past 40 years." According to the report, the average annual temperature in 2019 is the highest, followed by 2014, 2015 and 2018, respectively.
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The report said that there were record-breaking temperatures throughout 2019. Summer 2019 is the fourth hottest summer on record. Only a small part of Northern Europe has below-average temperatures.
The European Arctic is "relatively cold" in 2019, but temperatures are also showing an overall upward trend. The summer heat wave also led to a record ice melting in Greenland.
In addition, the duration of sunshine in Europe is longer than in the past 37 years. "This shows that over the past 40 years, the sunshine hours of the entire continental Europe have shown a clear upward trend." The areas with the most sunshine are Spain, parts of France, and most of Central and Eastern Europe.
In recent decades, net greenhouse gas emissions have also shown a gradual upward trend. According to the report, "According to scientists, if we trace back millions of years of history, such high concentrations may only be found in 2019."