(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 17 - Climate change due primarily to
burning oil, coal and methane gas has caused on average a
week-long increase in winter days above freezing in Italy during
the 2014-2023 period, according to a research carried out by US
NGO Climate Central, which analysed winters in 123 countries and
901 cities worldwide.
The research found that the northwestern Italian city of Turin
ranked third in the world for the number of winter days above
freezing, otherwise called lost winter days, added by climate
change - on average 30 a year, out of a total of 64, which would
otherwise have been below zero.
Turin came in third behind Fuji in Japan and Kuijand, in
Tajikistan.
Verona, Brescia and Milan in northern Italy lost respectively
29, 26 and 22 winter days, said the study (ANSA).