interviews: Sophie Renhuldt
As we strolled through downtown Trieste, we sought insights from city dwellers about the peculiarities of the winter season. Our inquiry revolved around a pressing question: was the winter unusually warm, or did it simply skip Trieste this year?
An unusual tropical air mass out of season, experts declare, is an unmistakable harbinger of ongoing climate change: atop Monte Zoncolan, temperatures flirted with 7 degrees at month’s start, a stark departure from the typical -3 seasonal average.
In the Gulf of Trieste, each day of the month witnessed a new sea temperature record, soaring to levels unseen since 1900 (marking the inception of measurement instruments in the Austro-Hungarian era).
The consensus among locals was evident: the winters are losing their bite, with many attributing the phenomenon to the far-reaching impacts of climate change.
