Europe subject to 'very  high risk of heat stress' by 2050 - video Dailymotion

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00:00If you go out without water in the middle of the day to do jogging, have a bike ride, you will probably have seer health problems or even die.

00:10We are currently under the influence of a strong high pressure system.

00:16This is trapping hot air from Northern Africa over the region.

00:23And as we can see, it's having a pretty big impact on the way we feel.

00:27Everybody is at risk.

00:28If you go out without water in the middle of the day to do jogging, have a bike ride, you will probably have seer health problems or even die.

00:38The frequency and intensity of extreme heat events is increasing in Europe.

00:44And by 2050, about half the European population may be exposed to high or very high risk of heat stress during summer.

00:54What is exceptional, and I would stress exceptional but not unprecedented, is the time of year.

01:02You know, we are the 1st of July and we are seeing episodes of extreme heat, which normally we would see later on.

01:09Why is it happening? Various reasons.

01:12One of them is that sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean are exceptionally high for this time of year.

01:20It's the equivalent of a land heat wave.

01:24This is why we are seeing to bear here.

01:25We are looking forward to our future use of extreme heat EXPLAINENT students.

01:29Here we are seeing is the

01:39we are seeing speed of sunken, which looks like the air force is an app.

01:42We are seeing speed of sunken, is that 47 space will spread through Aaaop height tide.

01:45This is amazing.