Map shows how much the precipitation this year, from May to June, differed from the average. The dots indicate regions where this year was among the three driest (brown) or wettest (blue) years since 1979. Credits : Courtesy of the researchers
Map shows how much the precipitation this year, from May to June, differed from the average. The dots indicate regions where this year was among the three driest ( brown ) or wettest ( blue ) years since 1979. Credits : Courtesy of the researchers - Climate modeling shows that this summer's devastating European heat wave may indeed be a harbinger of the future for that region. This year saw high-temperature records shattered across much of Europe, as crops withered in the fields due to widespread drought. Is this a harbinger of things to come as the Earth's climate steadily warms up? Elfatih Eltahir, MIT of civil and environmental engineering and H. M. King Bhumibol Professor of Hydrology and Climate, and former doctoral candidate Alexandre Tuel PhD '20 recently published a piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists describing how their research helps explain this anomalous European weather. The findings are based in part on analyses described in their book "Future Climate of the Mediterranean and Europe," published earlier this year.
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