00:00In areas all over the globe, 2022 was particularly hot, with rivers drying up and record-setting temperatures the world
00:06over.
00:07In fact, data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, or C3S, revealed it was the fifth hottest year ever
00:13recorded.
00:13But that same data also showed that in Europe, 2022 was particularly bad, their second hottest ever recorded.
00:20The organization began keeping rigorous climate records way back in 1950, and since then they have tracked both global and
00:26more local climate trends.
00:27However, even when compared to other climate records, even those dating back to 1850, the fact remained.
00:332022 was dangerously hot, and it's only getting worse.
00:36In fact, according to the data, all of the last eight years were the eight hottest on record, meaning we're
00:41substantially trending in that direction.
00:43The hottest period in European history was actually last summer, and it was deadly.
00:48The report indicates heat waves in France, Germany, Spain, and Britain caused 20,000 excess deaths.
00:53Europe was also experiencing a dry period as well.
00:56Their worst drought in 500 years, drying up rivers and giving the world a taste of what water scarcity might
01:02look like as our world continues to get warmer.
Comments