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Europeans can expect more heatwaves and droughts: study
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/02/europeans-can-expect-more-heatwaves-and-droughts-study/
Europeans can expect more heatwaves and droughts: study
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, December 2, 2013 12:05 EST
Europe will likely be a much warmer place by century’s end, plagued by frequent downpours over its entire landmass and heatwaves and droughts in the south, new research showed Monday.
The continent could see average temperatures rise by 1.0 to 5.0 degrees Celsius (1.8-9.0 deg Fahrenheit) by 2100, said a statement announcing the results of a three-year climate analysis by 27 research institutions.
“We see that Europe warms at a faster rate than the global average,” climate researcher Robert Vautard of France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)told AFP of the findings.
By the middle of the century, temperatures will be about 1-3 C higher in the south of Europe in summer, and 1-4 C in the northeast in winter, he said.