October morning temperatures in several European countries are provoking concern among environmentalists, signalling acceleration of climate crisis
The Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Zaragoza are all in the top 10 European cities most affected by global warming on the evidence of the past 12 months.
If extrapolated data from historical reconstructions is taken into account, he added, this past month will have been Spain's warmest October for fully a century. The unseasonal warm spell has brought a new word into the Spanish lexicon -- "verono" -- an amalgam of verano and otono . "This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Sweden this late in the year," Erik Hojgard-Olsen, meteorologist at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute , told AFP.
Britain's Met Office noted Wednesday had seen Londoners enjoy a balmy 20.5 Celsius, "closer to what we would normally see at the end of August rather than the end of October". "But in reality, the consequences are not good," he said, noting low water levels in reservoirs -- bad news for Spain, whose intensive agriculture provides Europe with a hefty proportion of its fruit and vegetables.
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