Brazil is not immune to record temperatures and heat waves; see the predictions

O Brazil not immune to the effects of climate change, as pointed out by experts interviewed by BBC News Brasil.

Despite the different geographic characteristics in relation to the Northern Hemisphere, the country faces record temperatures and increasingly intense heat waves.

Brazil will also suffer from climate change

Carlos Nobre, a scientist, explains that the country can be affected by intense heat waves, although the impact on the population can be different from the regions located in the north of the planet.

This is due to the tropical climate common there, to which Brazilians are more accustomed, especially in the semi-arid regions of the Northeast.

According to André Turbay, professor at PUC-PR and coordinator of ClimateLabs, the Brazilian climate, favorable to temperatures higher temperatures, together with climate change and the degradation of biomes, contribute to increasingly shorter summers. extremes.

Regions recognized for their intense heat, such as the Midwest, already show an increase in the temperature of the thermal sensation.

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Data from the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) confirm this trend, with the north-central Mato Grosso registering the record heat in Brazil in November 2020, with 44.8ºC.

In the same year, several Brazilian cities broke temperature records, such as Cuiabá (MT), with 44ºC in September and Água Clara (MT) with 44.4ºC in October.

Experts warn that the replacement of green areas by large agricultural areas and the reduction of forests in the Amazon and Cerrado contribute to extreme weather events.

The season of little rain in the Midwest, Southeast, North and Northeast, which occurs from April to September, leads to periods of intense heating at the end of the dry season.

In southern Brazil, peaks of heat occur during the summer, when rainfall is more irregular and the days are longer.

For 2023, the El Niño weather phenomenon is also predicted, which can leverage above-average temperatures in spring and summer, resulting in prolonged periods of intense heat.

Although the South may see more days of rain due to El Niño, extreme events are still possible due to global warming of the oceans.

Experts claim that extreme events, similar to those observed in Europe, can occur at different times of the year in Brazil. This is most likely in the Midwest between September and November, and in the South during the climatic summer (December to February).

European models indicate the possibility of Brazil facing temperatures up to 3 degrees above average.

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