The report shows that Europeans, especially in the south of the continent, are exposed to more heat stress in the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather.<\/p>\n
BERLIN \u2013 Europeans, especially in the south of the continent, are exposed to more heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published Thursday showed. The European Commission's Copernicus Climate Change Service said comparisons of data from past decades showed that record heat last year led to dangerous conditions for human health. "Southern Europe experienced a record number of days with 'very severe heat stress', defined as temperatures between 38 and 46 degrees Celsius (100 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit). The number of summer days with "severe" (32 to 38\u00b0C) or "very severe" heat stress is increasing across the continent, while southern Europe is also experiencing "extreme heat stress" days above 46\u00b0C, Copernicus said. "There is also a downward trend in the number of 'heat stress free' days," he added. Heat stress is increasingly recognized as a significant problem worldwide as the planet warms due to human-induced climate change. Experts say it can cause a range of health problems, including rashes, dehydration and heatstroke. The warning was part of Copernicus' annual report on the state of Europe's climate, which confirmed that the continent will experience the second warmest year on record in 2022. Last summer was the hottest across Europe, with temperatures 1.4 Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above the reference period of years 1991-2020. The Svalbard region of the Arctic even recorded summer temperatures that were 2.5 Celsius (4.5 Fahrenheit) above average. High temperatures and low rainfall also led to widespread drought, while summer fires caused the highest carbon emissions in 15 years, Copernicus said. This led to a record melting of Alpine glaciers, with more than five cubic kilometers of ice disappearing. (\u00a0<\/span>Associated Press)<\/em><\/p>\n Report shows that Europeans, especially in the south of the continent, are exposed to greater heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather. BERLIN \u2013 Europeans, especially in the south of the continent, are exposed to greater heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published on Thursday shows. The European Commission\u2019s Copernicus [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}