This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
Published on July 10, 2019, a study by scientists from ETH Zurich has projected dramatic warming in the world's major cities by 2050.
The researchers examined the climate of the world's 520 major cities using 19 variables that reflect variability in temperature and precipitation.
Future projections were estimated using established modeling that assumed carbon dioxide emissions would stabilize by the middle of the century through the implementation of green policies, with a mean global temperature increase of 1.4 Celsius.
According to the study, across the northern hemisphere, cities in 2050 will resemble places that are over 1,000 kilometers further south towards the equator.
Lead author Jean-Francois Bastin stated, "The point of this paper is to try to allow everyone to get a better grasp on what's happening with climate change."
He added that it was not certain that by 2060 his country, Belgium, would experience sub-zero temperatures in winter, a necessary condition for wheat seeds to become activated.
