A new study appeared in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, suggests that the effects of climate changes are already occurring now:
“We see a doubling of the length of heatwaves and we also see a tripling in the frequency of one-off events.” says Paul Della-Marta, from MeteoSwiss in Zurich, Switzerland, head of a team that analysed daily maximum temperature data from 54 recording stations across Europe.
