Scientists warn of imminent deadly heat in the US
Human-induced climate change will lead to extreme summer heat in the western United States, including in California and the south-west, already in the 2020 year. This is evidenced by new research.
A new analysis of heat wave models in the United States by American scientists showed that artificial climate change will be the main cause of abnormal heat in the Great Lakes region by 2030, and on the North and South plains - by 2050 and 2070 years, respectively.
Artificial climate change is the result of increased emissions of carbon dioxide and other anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere.
“Without human influence, half of the extreme heat waves predicted during this century will not occur,” said lead author Josmay Lopez, a CIMAS meteorologist based at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory.
A study published in the journal Nature Nature Change on March 19, 2018, shows important implications for growing populations in these regions as heat waves—the leading cause of death in the United States—have already increased in number and severity in recent decades.
Lopez and his colleagues used climate models along with historical climate data from 1900 to 2010 year to predict future models of heat waves in the United States during the summer months from June to August.
Climate change is most likely to be felt by four regions, where artificial climate change will become the dominant cause of extreme temperatures, exceeding natural climate variability. Researchers have determined that extreme heat waves can last three or more days with record high temperatures.
Researchers say that regional climate variability, such as: changes in atmospheric circulation, precipitation and the existence of green spaces, influences the fact that climate change caused by man will be the main driving force of extreme temperatures.
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