Alfredo Rocha, Associate Professor of the Department of Physics (DFis) at the University of Aveiro (UA) and member of the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), was a guest on two television channels, SIC Notícias and CNN Portugal, regarding the meteorological conditions in recent days, which contributed to the occurrence of large fires.
He told CNN Portugal that the country is experiencing “exceptional conditions of high temperatures, very low relative humidity and moderate wind”, factors that increase the occurrence of fires. The professor and researcher at CESAM and DFIS at UA goes further and warns that the frequency and duration of these heat waves will increase significantly in the coming years. See here.
Specialized in Climatology and Meteorology, Alfredo Rocha highlights the idea, at SIC Notícias, that these extreme phenomena will be increasingly frequent in the coming years, and to which we will have to adapt. See here.