Annamaria Luongo
Measure

Measured before it is shown.

Each number comes from one of my analyses of Copernicus data, with the date of the measurement and its source.

Climate

+1.17°CThe European summer of 2026 against 1991–2020, the third warmest on record

Measured 16 September 2026 · ERA5, Copernicus Climate Change Service; my calculation, checked against the C3S bulletin for August 2026

People

383millionPeople in the EU under strong heat stress on the same day, 27 June 2026

Measured 16 August 2026 · UTCI from ERA5-HEAT, Copernicus Climate Change Service, and Eurostat population by region; my calculation

Sea

+2.62°CThe surface of the Mediterranean Sea on 22 July 2026 against 1991–2020, the highest anomaly from 1 June to 15 August

Measured 16 August 2026 · Mediterranean Sea surface temperature anomaly, Copernicus Marine Service; basin mean: my calculation

Heat

64yearsThe return period of the 2026 heatwave peak in Slovakia, the rarest of the 22 European countries measured

Measured 6 September 2026 · ERA5 daily maximum temperature, Copernicus Climate Change Service; my calculation

Ground

+155mmPeak ground motion towards the satellite at Campi Flegrei, about 1 km east of Pozzuoli, from 11 July 2025 to 13 July 2026, measured against stable ground 8 km away

Measured 26 September 2026 · Copernicus Sentinel-1 data, interferometry in the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem; my calculation

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