If the average temperature on the surface of the planet is is high of 0,6 ° C in a century, the oceans will heat up more slowly than the continents. Europe in particular is experiencing a fairly high temperature elevation. What about our country? France has already won 1 ° C, a half times the global warming. According to the first report of ONERC (1), if the trend continues, the temperature in France could rise 3 ° C by a century or even 9 ° C in the assumption of the worst a global warming of 6 ° C. Moreover, the warming will be branded in the summer, causing heat waves more frequent.

With a warming of 3 ° C, the equivalent of the heatwave of 2003 would come back every other year. We are already observing a significant retreat of glaciers and changes in natural rhythms: the dates of the harvests have advanced by almost three weeks in half a century, and the growth of forests has become 30% faster in a century. Various animal species have moved north, including Atlantic fish such as Cynopsis roseus, akin to scallops. We don't see any piranhas in the Channel yet, but let's wait ...

(1) National Observatory on the Effects of Climate Warming.

Source: www.nouvelobs.com