The Straits Times looks at the reasons behind scorching temperatures around the world and their link to climate change. | straits_times
The intense heat felt across Europe in the past few weeks is mainly due to the Azores High – a slow-moving semi-permanent high pressure cell, said Professor Matthias Roth from the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore .
Climate change has exacerbated the frequency of an extremely large Azores High, said National Institute of Education Assistant Professor Wang Jingyu. What used to happen only once in 10 years in the pre-industrial period now occurs once every four years, said Prof Wang.A girl selling water shielding herself from the sun in New Delhi on April 27, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERSRecord-shattering extreme temperatures were recorded between March and May, peaking at 50 deg C.As the climate warms, intense anti-cyclones are spawned more often, bringing heatwaves to India, said Singapore University of Social Sciences climate scientist Koh Tieh Yong.
The 2016 heatwave was due to a natural climate phenomenon called El Nino, which brings warm and dry conditions. More frequent and extended heatwaves with higher extreme temperatures are expected to hit Southeast Asia as the world warms, said director Benjamin Horton of Nanyang Technological University’s Earth Observatory of Singapore.
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