The Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer heat wave, which sparked wildfires in the Mediterranean, damaged roads in Texas and overwhelmed power grids in China, was not only the hottest summer on record, but also the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study. published in the journal Nature.
The finding comes as one of two new studies published Tuesday comes as global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
Scientists quickly said the period from June to August last year was the hottest since records began in the 1940s. But now a new study suggests the heat wave of 2023 has eclipsed temperatures recorded over a much longer period of time. through analysis of meteorological records dating back to the mid-18th century and temperature data based on tree-ring analysis at nine northern sites.
Based on tree banding data, the summer months of 2023 were on average 2.2°C warmer than the estimated average temperature for the years 1 to 1890.
The discovery did not come as a complete surprise. In January, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said 2023 was “very likely” to be the hottest year in 100,000 years.
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