A group of scientists from the International Center for Climate Research CICERO, with the support of experts from the University of Reading in the US, found that climate catastrophes on Earth will sharply intensify in the next 20 years. They could affect 70% of humanity. The research was published in the scientific journal magazine Nature Geology (NatGeo).
The team used major climate models that show that average temperatures in the tropics and subtropics will increase significantly over the next two decades.
Experts say rapid climate change is increasing the risk of unprecedented conditions and natural disasters. Heat waves, for example, can harm human and animal health, strain ecosystems, reduce agricultural yields, make it difficult to cool power plants and disrupt transportation.
Excessive rainfall can also cause flooding and damage to homes, infrastructure, crops and ecosystems, increasing erosion and degrading water quality.
Scientists have stressed that even in the best-case scenario, where there are significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, dangerous weather conditions will affect 1.5 billion people, or 20% of the world’s population.
Previous climatologists stated About the “existential threat” to life on Earth.