According to the World Organization, the news of high temperatures continues to be recorded in separate parts of the world Meteorologists on Monday said the extent of sea ice in Antarctica was the lowest it has been in the past month, which meteorologists describe as a cause for concern.
The WMO said Antarctic sea ice levels reached their lowest level last month, making it the warmest June on record since satellite monitoring began.
Sea ice is 17% below average.
“We’re used to seeing this decline in sea ice (levels) in the Arctic, not in the Antarctic. It’s a massive decrease,” Michael Sparrow, head of the Global Climate Research Program, told Reuters news agency.
The world’s sea surface temperatures hit record highs in May and June this year, and the organization warned of the rapid spread of rising temperatures not just on its surface but into oceans around the world.
“Not only the surface temperature of the ocean, but the entire ocean has been warming, absorbing the energy contained within it for hundreds of years,” the organization said.
Meanwhile, the highest temperature in Spain could reach 44 degrees Celsius, the second heat wave the country has seen in two weeks, according to the National Meteorological Service.
According to the French Press Agency, the Spain, a leader in the fight against global warming in Europe, is accustomed to extreme temperatures, especially in the south, but heat waves have doubled and become more severe in recent years, scientists said.
Spain saw a severe heat wave two weeks ago and another in late April. That wave led to the hottest month of April on record for mainland Spain.
Record high temperatures last summer directly caused the deaths of more than 350 people, and contributed to a more than 20% increase in the number of deaths between May and August, according to official figures.
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As for Switzerland, its government announced that 2022 was the year Switzerland recorded the highest amount of heat and sunshine since measurements began in the country in 1864, causing glaciers to lose their mass.
The summer of 2022 was the second hottest summer in Swiss history since records began. Temperatures crossed 36 degree Celsius in both southern and northern parts of the country. Only the summer of 2003 was hotter.
2022 is marked by low water levels due to lack of snow and rain. According to the World Meteorological Organization report, Swiss glaciers recorded the highest retreat last year as they saw the melting of 3 cubic kilometers or 6% of the remaining ice.
And the increase in temperature has increased deaths due to heat (474), not exceeding the figures of 2003 (1402).
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