Floods ravaged some of Europe's richest countries last week. Rising rivers wreak havoc in Germany, Belgium. Hundreds of people lost their lives in the heat in the Northwest regions of America, known for cold and foggy weather. 12 states spread over the western part are in the grip of another heatwave.
In Canada, forest fires have killed an entire village. Moscow is scorching in record temperature. There is a continuous fire in the forests of Siberia. Many studies have found that climate change due to global warming has victimized these countries. In the coming years, the situation in many countries including Europe, America will get worse.
Bad weather in Europe and North America underscores two important facts of science and history. Indeed, the whole world is not ready to slow down the pace of climate change. He is not even conscious of the need for it. The events of the past week have shook countries that have thrived by burning coal, oil, and gas indiscriminately for more than a hundred years.
The activities of these countries have filled the atmosphere with greenhouse gases and the heat has increased wildly in the world. "We have to save people's lives," said Friedrich Otto, a physicist at Oxford University who studied the relationship between severe weather and climate change.
According to Alka Kelkar, climate director at the India-based office of the World Resources Institute, greenhouse gas emissions by industrialized countries for more than 100 years have created terrible weather conditions. This has caused havoc in poor countries. Now, these disasters are happening in rich countries. A research paper published on Friday warned of storms with rain in Europe by the end of the century due to climate change. Floods have killed 1,000 people in the US since 2010. Heat-related deaths have been increasing over the past few years in the southwestern part of the country.
Russia's Siberia is the coldest place in the world after Antarctica. But, for the last three years, North East Siberia is facing severe forest fires. Once upon a time, there was always snow in this area. Now for the past few years, the temperature in summer reaches more than 37 degree Celsius. Last year there was a fire in the forest and tundra over an area of 60 thousand square miles. More than thirty thousand square miles of the area caught fire this year. Scientists say that the fires have been caused by the rapid warming of North Siberia for some years.
The developments in Europe, America, Canada, Russia are the result of neglect of science. Climate models have warned of the devastating effects of rising temperatures. The 2018 Scientific Evaluation warned that keeping the average global temperature increase, not below 1.5 degrees Celsius would have disastrous consequences. Seaside cities will be submerged. Crops will be destroyed in many parts of the world. Dr. Otto and the team of international researchers conclude that the events of Northwest America in June could not have happened without global warming.
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