The Brazilian coast, especially in the South and Southeast regions, is already suffering from the impact of climate change, with increasingly extreme surface air temperatures and more frequent swings from heat to cold and back.
The Brazilian coast, especially in the South and Southeast regions, is already suffering from the impact of climate change, with increasingly extreme surface air temperatures and more frequent swings from heat to cold and back. This is one of the results of a study described in an article published in Scientific Reports, a journal of the Springer Nature group.
On the coast of Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo states, the frequency of temperature extremes and heatwaves (several consecutive days with very high temperatures) has increased in the last 40 years, rising 188%, 100% and 84% in these three states respectively.
In Espírito Santo, the highs ranged from 28.6 °C in July 1987 to 37.2 °C in March 2013, and the lows from 11.2 °C in June 1993 to 20.7 °C in January 2016. Highs in excess of 35 °C were recorded eight times in the state until 1999 and 19 times in the last decade. On the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, the researchers found that daytime temperatures are warming in the sense that the lows are becoming less extreme.
Read more at: Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo
