Austria moans under the heat. Gottfried Kirchengast explains that the summer is not always so warm and extreme events as it was made by humans. The founder of the Wegener Center of the University of Graz also offers a comparison with past centuries.
Despite the maximum values on the thermometer, the same sentence has always fallen: “There have always been fluctuations.” Science proves that the extreme warmth blows up the previous dimensions. “With our latest research results, we have really surprised that the natural fluctuation band of the past centuries has now been exceeded more than five times,” says Gottfried Kirchengast, climate researcher at the Wegener Center at the University of Graz.
The period 1961 to 1990 was used as a reference for the calculation of the reinforcement, “with climate change made by humans not yet determining force”. The result: even with the threshold values, such as the 30-degree Mark-Austria is larger than all previous measurements, in certain regions such as Southeast Styria or the Marchfeld for ten to 20 times.
“This is a serious problem. Physically there is no clear temperature limit. If we have continued for decades, we can threaten up to 50 degrees,” Kirchengast warns. So there are climate models that predict more than 40 degrees in the end of the century in Austria in Austria. An increase in the average temperatures of more than three degrees can be observed in the year.
“Regions are vulnerable”
Church guest explains: “The serious changes in the weather character are a direct consequence of climate change.” The further this progresses, the more violent the extreme events. This is noticeable in styria due to extreme heat, but also heavy rainfall. “Regions are becoming vulnerable,” said the researcher.
And he says: “Because the damage caused by such extremes with increasing accuracy can also be attributed to failures of climate protection of individual countries, the risk of liability and compensation for the Republic of Austria is increasing.” The styric state government has also deported the subject of climate protection. Every country and region must make their fair contribution to emission reduction.
Source: Krone
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