Weather warnings for England, Wales & Scotland extended; travel chaos expected

…without human aid. According to a Guardian analysis, the following weather events would not have occurred if not for “humanity’s destabilisation of climate.”

The core cause? Carbon dioxide emissions, which have continued to increase as humans run amok on the earth. According to The Guardian, the more alarming problem is that all these effects are from just a 1C rise in temperature.

As temperatures rise, there have been multiple heat waves across the globe, with the analysis finding that 93% of heat waves are made worse by human activities.

Europe’s summer of last year saw temperatures 1°C higher than the 1991-2020 average. In northern Spain, temperatures reached 47°C, a national record, and Italy saw highs of 48.8°C in Sicily

China’ rainfall hit records in June of this year - even as the country experienced sweltering heat. The Asian nation’s average rainfall hit 112.1 millimetres, a 9% rise over the previous year.

As temperatures rise, water bodies across the Earth heat up faster as they absorb the heat from the planet’s surface. This has led to multiple marine heatwaves, with the Tasman Sea seeing record temperatures.

One of the very first climate change effects, the Earth’s ice caps have been melting for over a decade now and the North Pole seems to be bearing the brunt of it, with high temperatures frequently recorded.

Eight of the top 10 warmest years on our planet occurred in the last decade, with 2014-2016 coming in quick succession, a clear indication that climate action needs to be now.

As the polar caps continue to melt, the Earth’ water bodies overflow, inevitably flooding surrounding landmasses, a situation that continues to worsen.