Europe Witnessed the Second Mildest Winter on Record

Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, as climate change advances. While the mild weather has been praised in light of energy shortages, it has caused problems for agriculture, flora, and the environment.

FREMONT, CA: As climate change increases, Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record. While the mild weather has been welcomed in the face of energy shortages, it has caused problems for agriculture, flora, and fauna.

As per European Union specialists, Europe had its second-warmest winter on record, with temperatures in eastern Europe and areas of northern Europe exceeding average. While the unusually mild winter gave some short-term comfort amid high power costs following a slowdown in fuel exports to Europe, the high temperatures caused by man-made climate change pose a risk to animals and agriculture.

From December to February, temperatures in Europe were 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than the northern hemisphere average for the period 1991-2020. This makes Europe's winter the combined warmest on record, with only the winter of 2019-2020 slightly milder.

Warmth across eastern Europe and areas of Europe were well above average in February. These high temperatures came on the heels of a brutal winter heatwave in late December and early January. Winter temperatures reached record highs in countries ranging from France to Hungary, forcing resorts to close due to a lack of snow and temperatures in eastern Europe and other areas of Europe were well above average. Following a brutal winter heatwave in late December and early January, these high temperatures occurred. From France to Hungary, winter temperatures broke records, prompting resorts to close because there was no snow. Since records have been kept, the summer of 2022 in Europe was the warmest. Climate change brought on by humans is said to be the cause of long-term warming in Europe.

August was the warmest month ever recorded by a substantial margin of 0.4 degrees Celsius. Based on our most recent data, Antarctic sea ice has reached its lowest extent in the 45-year satellite record. These low sea ice levels may have serious consequences for the stability of Antarctic ice shelves and, ultimately, global sea level rise.

An intense series of heatwaves across Europe, paired with abnormally dry weather, has resulted in a summer of extremes in many regions of Europe, with temperature, drought, and fire activity records set, harming society and nature in a variety of ways.