The Met Office's annual look at our climate says higher temperatures are the new normal.
Sea levels are rising much faster than a century ago, reveals the Met Office's annual look at the UK's climate and weather.Conservationists warn that spring is coming earlier and that plant and animal life is not evolving quickly enough to adapt to climate change.The Met Office assessed climate and weather events for 2021 including extreme events like Storm Arwen that caused destructive flooding.
Sea levels have risen by around 16.5cm since 1900, but the Met Office says the rate of rise is increasing. They are now rising by 3-5.2mm a year, which is more than double the rate of increase in the early part of last century. This is exposing more parts of the coast to powerful storm surges and winds, damaging the environment and homes. Around 500,000 homes are at risk from flooding, scientists say.last November were only avoided because it hit during a lower than usual tide, explains Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva from the National Oceanographic Centre.
While the coastline always changes, climate change and sea level rise are exaggerating those changes, she told BBC News.
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