Heatwaves in June have tripled in the past twelve yearsA spokesperson for the State Meteorological Service (Aemet) assured Rubén del Campo at a meeting with Teresa Ribera, the third vice-president of meteorologists and Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
Minister Ribera pointed out that “Teresa is responding, meeting with meteorologists” to talk about “the effects of heat wave and climate change in terms of management and science”: phenomena are becoming “more intense and frequent” and increasingly “affecting people’s health”especially the elderly and children.
Coinciding with the peak day of the current heatwave, which began on Sunday and is expected to end with a drop in temperatures on Friday, meteorologists are holding a fan and in front of a poster reflecting the temperature rise from 1850. From blue to red to 2022, they agreed on the importance of weather information.
Heatwaves even before summer
The minister stressed we ‘thrown’ a heatwave even ‘before summer begins’and stressed that these are recurrent heat waves that have become increasingly “scary” in recent years and are linked to climate change.
did you remember that “Last summer there were 41 days and nights typical of the tropical climate”so he asked meteorologists to explain what is the best way to explain these meteorological phenomena.
Ribera announced that the studies have been completed for the Health and Climate Change Observatory to be operational with the scientific technical support of the Carlos III Institute together with the Ministry of Health.
“The frequency of heat waves has tripled in this first month of summer over the past twelve years,” said Rubén Del Campo, spokesperson for Aemet.
Summer eats spring
As he remembers, summers are getting longer, gaining ground from autumn and especially spring, almost 7 days a decade it’s reasonable to think that if the summer takes longer, heat waves could come sooner and do this with increasingly warmer temperatures”.
“There’s a 3-day increase in the number of heatwave days every summer, every decade,” he said.
Right now, “The temperature has risen between 1 and 1.2 degrees and there are 15 warmer days than in the seventies.According to Del Campo, who added that heat waves affected 13 to 14 cities more than in the eighties, “Tropical nights” are increasing and the sea water temperature has risen.
TVE meteorologist Albert Barniol pointed out that in the world of meteorological information, “collaboration and solidarity” among colleagues is increasingly important to share data and ways of communication, emphasizing that: It is “essential” to talk not only about phenomena, but also about consequences. It’s the same for humans, because summer is now the “most dangerous” season.
For her part, Aemet meteorologist Estrella Gutiérrez explained: current weather events are “directly related to the current climate change context”Data is analyzed and distributed to the media to make models.
Antena 3 weather presenter Roberto Brasero congratulated the minister for choosing the hottest day to “explain” the causes and consequences of these meteorological events, agreeing with Del Campo, who stated that the heatwaves came early and are now three times greater. a phenomenon that occurs frequently in July.
Meteorologist Joana Ivars of La Sexta, With the current situation, it is necessary to “change the way of life” be more resilient to climate change.
The importance of fog and radiation
In addition to meteorological phenomena, María del Mar Gómez, physicist and emitter of Eltiempo.es, It is necessary to focus on side effects such as haze or radiation, because “there is a chromatic denial right now,” he says, and invites him to expand knowledge on new platforms so that knowledge reaches the youngest.
The host of Acomet Carlos Macías coincided with Gómez in the use of other social networks and stated: information should be made “more attractive” for young peoplebecause “we will not reverse climate change”, so climate adaptation “must be done in a positive tone”.
Mediaset meteorologist Rosemary Alker said: The importance of a “warning system” on phenomena such as “tropical storms” It may affect the Canary Islands and the Peninsula” and reminded that in the United States the Weather Channel is devoted to weather information only.
Respondents agreed that despite some quarters’ denials and accusations that weather providers “only deliver bad news”, people are increasingly realizing the importance of weather information.
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