The United Kingdom Meteorological Office issued a report that shows how climate change has been affecting the UK with hotter temperatures, quicker sea level rise, and more powerful rainmaking storms over the last 30 years. Here's the story from the UK Independent.
How climate crisis is already impacting ‘not prepared’ UK, according to Met Office
Daisy Dunne Climate Correspondent UK Independent, July 29, 2021
UK Meteorological Service report link: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2021/climate-change-continues-to-be-evident-across-uk
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Britain’s last 30 years have been six per cent wetter and almost 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than the preceding three decades, the Met Office says. Its annual climate update also says that the country’s 10 hottest years have all occurred since 2002, with last year being the third warmest on record after 2014 and 2006.
As well as being among the hottest, 2020 was also the fifth wettest and eight sunniest on record, the report says. It was the first year that annual values for rainfall, temperature and sunshine were all in the top 10 at the same time. Sea level rise has accelerated in recent years, the report adds. The rate of sea level rise was 1.5mm a year from the start of the 20th century. However, over the period 1993-2019, it increased to over 3mm a year.
(Caption: London Fire Brigade LondonFire Jul 25, 2021 We have now taken more than 600 calls to flooding incidents, including flooding to roads & properties, reports of ceilings collapsing & vehicles stuck in water. Crews used specialist water rescue equipment to rescue five people from a car stuck in flood water in #WorcesterPark)
The latest analysis of the UK climate, State of the UK Climate 2020 published in The Royal Meteorological Society’s ‘International Journal of Climatology’, has shown that climate change is already being felt across the UK.
Dr Mike Kendon, lead author of the research and Met Office senior climate scientist, said the findings reinforced that the UK is already reeling from the impacts of the climate crisis. “Our climate is changing now and that’s something we see clearly in our observations,” he told a press briefing. “The science is clear that we’re going to see more of this moving into the future.”
***RECENTLY: Thunderstorms affected parts of western Europe over the weekend 24 to 25 July 2021. Flooding caused traffic chaos on roads in London, UK and Berlin, Germany. Vehicles were swept away by powerful flash floods in Lucerne Canton in Switzerland. Story/photos: https://floodlist.com/europe/storms-floods-switzerland-germany-uk-july-2021
BBC News video: Dramatic hail storm hits Northampton as stormy weather batters UK
The last 30-year period (1991-2020) has been 0.9°C warmer than the preceding 30 years (1961-1990). The warming trend is evident across all months and all countries in the UK. (Image right: Credit UK Met Service)
The greatest warming compared to 1961-1990 has been across the east Midlands and East Anglia where average annual temperatures have increased by more than 1°C, with the least warming around western coastal fringes and parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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