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Climate change will also cause human activities such as land-use change, urbanisation and soil degradation to further affect Greek's ecosystems. [2] Ecosystems in Greece are already at their tipping point, close to their environmental limits. [2] Policies and laws have been put in place by the Greek government to try to manage these issues.
12 April 2022: a study of 2020 storms of at least tropical storm-strength published in Nature Communications concluded that human-induced climate change increased extreme 3-hourly storm rainfall rates by 10%, and extreme 3-day accumulated rainfall amounts by 5%. [21] For hurricane-strength storms, the figures increased to 11% and 8%. [21]
The climate in Greece is predominantly Mediterranean. However, due to the country's complex geography, Greece has a wide range of micro-climates and local variations. The Greek mainland is extremely mountainous, making Greece one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. [1] [2] According to the Köppen climate classification Greece has 11 ...
The floods came just weeks after other parts of Greece suffered the worst fires in Europe. Climate change and a tinder-dry year created one of Greece’s hottest summers on record and the perfect ...
Local authorities have suggested wildfires burning through the island of Corfu was the work of arsonists, but climate scientists say rising temperatures are to blame
As of 12 August 2022, more than 1,000 firefighters were fighting a megafire in Gironde, which has destroyed about 7,400 ha (18,000 acres) of forest and forced 10,000 residents to flee. [36] Firefighters from Poland, Romania, Austria and Germany [37] and helicopters from Greece, Italy and Sweden helped extinguish the fires.
Due to climate change, Greece is facing an increased number of extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts and forest-fires, which strain its public finances. The bill raises a daily tax on ...
Time magazine named it as one of the hundred best inventions of 2020. [9] Their emissions map is the largest global inventory and interactive map of greenhouse gas emission sources. [10] [11] [12] According to Kelly Sims Gallagher it could influence the politics of climate change by reducing MRV disputes, and lead to more ambitious climate ...