Planet X Incoming: Europe to be hit by ‘once-in-a-century’ extreme weather event every year
Planet X Incoming: Europe to be hit by ‘once-in-a-century’ extreme weather event every year
Extinction Protocol
May 2016 – UNITED KINGDOM – Europe
will soon be hit by deadly, “once-in-a-century” extreme weather events
every year, a study has found. Severe wildfires, river floods and
windstorms will affect certain areas of the continent annually by 2050,
according to research published in the journal Climatic Changes. The
study concludes the issue is at “historically high levels” and Europe
will undergo a “progressive and strong increase in overall climate
hazard”, with a particular impact on the south-western regions.
The researchers suggest key hot-spots will emerge along
coastlines and in floodplains in southern and Western Europe, which are
often highly populated and economically pivotal. Europe’s entire
Mediterranean seaboard will be confronted annually with extreme
droughts, coastal floods or heat-waves by the end of the century, the
study adds. Giovanni Forzieri, lead author and a scientist at the
European Commission’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability,
said: “This should be a warning to governments and institutions tasked
with preparing solutions and adaptation strategies.”
“In Spain, you will see at least two hazards every year by
2080 that – in the current climate – only show up once in 100 years.”
The projections are based on climate models which assume Earth’s surface
temperatures will rise by about two degrees Celsius above the
pre-industrial era benchmark by 2050.
The world’s first global climate agreement – agreed by 170
countries in Paris last December – set a target of capping temperature
increases at “well below” two degrees Celsius. But some scientists argue
that at the current rate of fossil fuel consumption, the planet is set
for an increase of four degrees or higher. –Independent
