#Mediterranean marine #heatwaves in 2022... Are we finally at the end of these concatenated heat episodes?
However, remember 2003... a brief comparison shows that 2003 was worse in more than one sense🧵
@ICMCSIC
The day-by-day comparison of the evolution for both years shows that MHW in 2003 covered a wider area with a higher mean intensity... At least in the western #Mediterranean
- 4ºC (June 2003) is a HUGE amount of heat stored at the sea.
- The MHW started about 15 days earlier.
However, due to the #ClimateCrisis the #Mediterranean is about 0.7ºC hotter now than in 2003 (yes!). This is a mean value! In some eastern places, the sea surface #temperature is more than 1ºC larger now. But the maximum category attained was in general larger in 2003
Indeed, 2022 is not finished (we must wait and cross our fingers) but the number of days having marine #heatwaves in 2003 was much larger.
However, the number of marine #heatwave events is not so different between 2003 and 2022 in the western #Mediterranean Sea. At least until now, the eastern Mediterranean Sea seems to be calm...
Even so, we have been very hot this year 🥵🥵
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