During Storm Frank in 2015, a man was stranded at sea in the coastal village of Carnloch, Northern Ireland. As sea levels rise, coastal areas in the UK are becoming more vulnerable to storm surges. | Paul FÉ/AFP/METSUL Weather
A UK Met Office report published this week highlights the continuing effects of sea level rise in the UK, which is rapidly increasing and making coastal areas more vulnerable. Climate changes. An observational study of climate and weather events 2021 confirms the impact of rising global temperatures on the UK climate, saying “climate change is not just a future issue, it is already affecting the conditions we live in.”
In England, the past few decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th century. Since 1900, sea levels in the UK have risen by about 16.5 centimeters and the rate of sea level rise across the country has doubled in a century. A cause of sea level rise Melting glaciers of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
“Our long-term measurements show that the rate of sea-level rise in the UK has increased over the past few decades,” explains Svetlana Dzhevrejieva of the National Oceanographic Centre. He pointed out that this phenomenon threatens coastal areas.
As sea levels rise, storms will have stronger impacts. Due to its insular nature, England is particularly vulnerable to coastal erosion. A recent report by the UK Environment Agency estimates that one in six people are at risk of flooding due to rain or rising seas, and that a million people will be directly affected by seawater by the end of the century.
On the 18th and 19th of this month, A An exceptional heatwave has affected much of the UK. It was Temperatures of 40°C and above are predicted for the first time in the UK. On Tuesday 19th, Coningsby in Lincolnshire recorded a high of 40.3°C, beating the previous UK high of 38.7°C set in 2019. Local records were broken at 46 stations across the country..
The minimum temperature was also very high, with Kenley in Surrey temporarily recording 25.8°C, beating the previous highest UK minimum temperature in 1990 by 1.9°C. An attribution study published this week shows just that A heat wave would have been ‘impossible’ without climate changeHe pointed to the document.
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