(CLO) Meteorological data from China shows that 2024 will be the warmest year since the country began recording data in 1961, marking the second consecutive year that records have been broken.
According to weather.com.cn, a portal operated by the China Meteorological Administration, the national average temperature was 10.92 degrees Celsius last year, 1 degree higher than in 2023.
The service portal reports that the 10 warmest years since records began in 1961 have all occurred in the 21st century. Shanghai, China's major financial center, also recorded its highest average temperature since the Qing Dynasty, at 18.8 degrees Celsius, higher than any year since data began being recorded in 1873.
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This temperature increase is accompanied by extreme weather, including stronger storms and higher rainfall, leading to a surge in electricity consumption in the world's second-largest economy . The prolonged heatwave is also severely impacting agriculture, particularly in southern rice-growing regions.
China has launched research to cultivate food crops that are adapted to high temperatures, in order to safeguard food security.
However, if no alternative solution is found, crop yields risk significantly decreasing. Scientists in Beijing discovered that potatoes grown in an environment 3 degrees Celsius higher than normal temperatures weigh 50% less than conventionally grown potatoes.
According to a United Nations report in October, with current climate policies, global temperatures could rise by as much as 3.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100, causing serious impacts on a global scale.
Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters, AFP)
Source: https://www.congluan.vn/trung-quoc-ghi-nhan-2024-la-nam-am-nhat-lich-su-post328661.html
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