TE24 International Desk:
Leading meteorologists said on Thursday that sea levels around Britain were rising much faster than a century ago, but the country was still slightly warmer than the world average.
An annual “British Climate 2021 Conditions” study found that the past few decades were “warmer, rainier and sunnier” than the 20th century. For the first time, AFP recorded 40.3 degrees Celsius.
“This year’s report shows the impact of global warming on Britain’s climate,” he said.
“We confirm that climate change is not just a future problem, but is already affecting the conditions we face at home,” the findings added. Meteorologists have noted in a report that sea levels have more than doubled in the last three decades since the beginning of the 20th century.
They have grown by about 16.5 cm since 1990 – about 3 to 5.2 mm per year compared to 1.5 mm per year at the beginning of the last century. This will expose more coastal areas to larger, more frequent storm surges and “wind wave impacts”, the Met Office said. and the Antarctic ice sheet.
Melting glaciers and warming oceans around the world were also to blame, she noted, adding that “as sea levels rise, storm surges may have greater impacts,” warned Ms. Zvrezheva.
The annual study also found Britain has warmed at a broadly consistent but “slightly higher” rate than the global average temperature rise. The report’s lead author, the Met Office’s Mike Kendon, said record temperatures like last week’s unprecedented heat wave were “becoming the norm rather than the exception”.
It says that while we consider 2021 to be near-average temperatures in the context of the current climate, if it had happened just three decades earlier it would have been one of the UK’s warmest years on record.
The UK hosted the COP26 summit last November, when many countries agreed on collective action to try to curb catastrophic climate change.
But fears are growing that many may freeze to deliver on pledges, including halting financing of fossil fuel projects abroad as they struggle to replace Russian fuel imports.
The Energy Bill has promised to slash tariffs earmarked for the renewable sector to help people through the growing cost of living.
