14 DAY TRIAL // Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology presented on Thursday, September 29, their first model calculations for the future of the climate.
According to the calculations, in the next 100 years, the climate will change more than ever. Given particular conditions, it is expected that the sea ice in the North Pole region will completely melt in the summer time. Extreme weather events in Europe will increase in frequency and strength.
These results come from the latest climate model calculations from the German High Performance Computing Centre for Climate and Earth System Research.
The global temperature could rise by up to four degrees by the end of the century. Because of this warming, the sea level could rise on average by as many as 30 centimeters.
The scientists expect that under certain conditions, the sea ice in the arctic area will completely melt. In Europe, summers will be drier and warmer, and this will affect agriculture. The winters will become warmer and wetter. Another consequence of the heated atmosphere will be extreme events like heavy precipitation with floods.
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