[Initialement publié le 26 avril 2026, cet article a été republié le 26 mai.]
“Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average.†Pour Green & Blue, this observation from the new edition of the annual report on the state of the climate in Europe is the most “strikingâ€. And this, despite the profusion of alarming data on the year 2025 that it contains. “The new thing, so to speak, is that no one is spared… notes, almost ironically, the Italian information site specializing in the environment.
During the past year – the third warmest since records began – almost all of Europe (at least 95% of the territory) experienced annual temperatures higher than the average calculated over the period 1991-2020. “An average reevaluated upwards every ten years, it is worth remembering†, relave Time. “The evolution is experiencing a clear geographical disparity, with the east, the south-east and part of central Europe (including the Alps), where the temperature has been rising the fastest (from 0.5 °C to 1 °C per decade) for thirty years… adds the Geneva newspaper.
“Svalbard, one of the fastest warming places on the planet, has warmed three to four times faster than the European average… retains the British daily for its part The Guardian.
Ravaging fires
In addition, according to this report produced by Copernicus, the climate service of the European Union (C3S), and the World Meteorological Organization, 2025 was marked by the second most intense heat wave ever recorded in Europe.
These particularly high temperatures fueled devastating fires which ravaged large regions of Europe. More than a million hectares were reduced to ashes, 4.7% more than the previous record, set in 2017.
Beyond the temperature of the atmosphere, the temperature of the seas is also increasing. The report shows, with supporting maps, that in Europe the average water surface temperature has reached a record level in 2025. Some 86% of the surface of the seas and oceans bordering the Old Continent have experienced marine heat waves. “strong†and more, according to the denomination used.
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