Una primavera troppo calda

Le elevate emissioni di gas serra stanno provocando un costante aumento della temperatura del nostro Pianeta, che attualmente è di 1,2 gradi Celsius sopra i livelli preindustriali.

An elephant in Halle's mountain zoo cools off with a powerful shower of water from its trunk at the zoo in Halle, eastern Germany, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)

People cool off in the Trocadero fountains, Friday, June 17, 2022 in Paris. Temperatures in France have mounted all week and were expected to hit over 40 C in the southwest on Friday, and in the Paris region Saturday. Unusually for France, nighttime temperatures are also high, and the heat is stretching to normally cooler regions in Brittany and Normandy on the Atlantic Coast. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Joggers run by the Trocadero fountains, Friday, June 17, 2022 in Paris. Temperatures in France have mounted all week and were expected to hit over 40 C in the southwest on Friday, and in the Paris region Saturday. Unusually for France, nighttime temperatures are also high, and the heat is stretching to normally cooler regions in Brittany and Normandy on the Atlantic Coast. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A boy dives into the cold water during summer temperatures at the Olympic poo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 17, 2022. It is supposed to be midsummer hot at the weekend. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

Bathers cool off on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 17, 2022. Spain's weather service says a mass of hot air from north Africa is triggering the country's first major heat wave of the year with temperatures expected to rise to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in certain areas. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A rusted chain lies on the dried-up bank of the Elbe in front of the Old Townin Dresden, Germany, Friday, June 17, 2022. The level of the Elbe in Dresden is currently 93 centimeters. Shortly before the calendrical beginning of summer, the first heat wave is approaching Germany. The peak is expected to be reached on Saturday, 18.06.2022 with temperatures up to 38 degrees. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

A man runs up a hill on a small road in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranen to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 86 degrees Fahrenheit from Malaga to London on Friday. Some areas are expected to see the mercury pass 104F. Germany’s national weather service DWD predicted that the big sweat would continue over the weekend, as the heat moves eastward into central and eastern Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A dog shakes off water after he cools down in the River Thames in front of St Pauls Cathedral in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from Malaga to London on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Children play in a fountain as they enjoy the warm weather in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from Malaga to London on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A child plays in a fountain in the warm weather in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from Malaga to London on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Spectators protect themselves from the sun while watching the quarterfinal tennis match between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain and Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, at the Queen's Club Championships in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Racegoers carrying portable fans to keep cool arrive for the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horserace meeting, at Ascot Racecourse, in Ascot, England, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Spectators hold drinks as they enter the Queen's Club Championships, in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from Malaga to London on Friday. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A man and woman picnic in the shade of a tree in hot weather in St James's Park in London, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Temperatures are forecast to reach 28 degrees Celsius, (82F), in London today as heat wave conditions continue. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

A woman sunbathes in hot weather in Hyde Park in London, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Temperatures are forecast to reach 28 degrees Celsius, (82F), in London today as heat wave conditions continue. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

30 gradi a Malaga, 31 a Londra, 34 a Roma, 38 a Madrid. Un’ondata di aria calda si estende dal Mediterraneo verso l’Europa occidentale provocando un aumento delle temperature e l’arrivo prematuro del caldo estivo.

Temperature sopra i 30 gradi nel mese di giugno sono state saltuarie negli ultimi decenni, superando in strane occasioni i 40 gradi in alcuni punti del continente. Tuttavia, gli esperti avvertono che da non ridurre di immediato l’utilizzo di combustibili fossili questo fenomeno potrà diventare abituale, con ondate di caldo ogni volta più frequenti nei prossimi anni.

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