Meteorologists in Switzerland say they’ve broken a 27-year-old record for the lowest temperature ever measured on the country’s highest peaks. It’s widely accepted that human-caused climate change has exacerbated the recent record heatwaves in many parts of the world.
MeteoSwiss tweeted on Monday that weather balloons reached 5,184 meters (17,008 feet) above the Swiss Alps overnight before they reached the freezing point (0C, 32F). The previous Swiss record of 5,117 meters, set on July 20, 1995, was approximately 70 meters higher than that, and it was 375 meters higher than the summit of Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc in the French Alps.
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In Europe, it is relatively uncommon to measure the freezing point beyond 5,000 meters. According to Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss, rising temperatures are accelerating the melting of freshwater glaciers. “The Alps glaciers are so different from anything we’ve ever seen. When I saw the scenario, I was deeply concerned,” he tweeted on July 17.
As measured by Griesgletscher, our melting is one month ahead of where it was at this time last year. ” With little hope of a better future in sight. Wild animals used to colder climates are being forced higher in the mountains as a result of climate change.
As soon as they reach the highest points, there is nowhere for them to go. Global leaders have agreed that climate change poses an existential threat to human systems and the natural world, but there are numerous approaches to combat it. Meteorologists use weather balloons launched twice daily from Payerne in western Switzerland to calculate Switzerland’s zero-degree limit above, as reported by public broadcaster RTS.
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Over Bordeaux on Sunday, French meteorologists also recorded a temperature of 0C over 5,000 feet. MeteoSwiss noted that the warm air then travelled east towards the Alps.
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