Climate change caused by human-induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions. 1910 was the country’s equal-warmest since summer , with the high temperatures damaging agriculture and infrastructure. Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man-made emissions and found the UK has a 0.5% possibility of 1910 average temperatures reaching the 2018 high. New computer modelling analysis compared the actual climate with that of the natural climate we would have had without human-induced emissions. In a climate unpolluted by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5% chance.
Climate change caused by human-induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions. 1910 was the country’s equal-warmest since summer , with the high temperatures damaging agriculture and infrastructure. Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man-made emissions and found the UK has a 0.5% possibility of 1910 average temperatures reaching the 2018 high. In a climate unpolluted by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5% chance.