Here is the corresponding time series of May-July average temperatures over Europe, showing 2018 as the warmest May to July period since 1850. pic.twitter.com/1JQdmejHrZ
— Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) September 4, 2018
I have never seen this kind of drought in Germany.
Zitadelle Spandau – 2 July 2018
April 11. A great concert at Live Music Hall, Cologne!
In her article “Hot Times in the Arctic“, Cecilia Bitz, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, writes:
On our current greenhouse emissions trajectories, the Arctic Ocean is expected to be ice-free in late summer by about midcentury or possibly as early as 2030
That sounds truly scary and beyond imagination in terms of the impact that will have on the ecosystem and the fauna up there.