Published 2 years ago

Europe's drought on course to be worst for 500 years, European Commission researcher warns

Summary by Ground News

The drought underway across western Europe has been accompanied by waves of intense heat for months as droughts so often are. The situation has grown worse after two months of no significant rain across a wide swath of western Europe. The UK has just gone through its driest July since 1935. Europe isn't alone in the crisis, with drought conditions also reported in East Africa, the western United States and northern Mexico.

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The Guardian

Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years

Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Europe drought could be ‘worst’ in 500 years

Experts say dry conditions could last for three more months

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

British farmers' outrage over drought rules as Europe sees 'worst conditions in 500 years'

FARMERS have expressed outrage at the Government's handling of the drought as they warn limited access to water could halve their harvests.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Rhine runs dry and fires rage in France in Europe's worst drought in 500 years

The Rhine River - which has suffered critically-low water levels due to the baking summer and scant rainfall - acts as one of western Europe's main commercial waterways as it runs through Germany and into the North Sea

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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大纪元 www.epochtimes.com

Drought “500 Years Not Encountered” Half of Europe's Departure Warning Status

【大紀元2022年08月10日訊】（大紀元記者徐簡綜合報導）歐洲多國正遭遇破紀錄的旱災，這不僅衝擊農業收成，發電、水路運輸皆受影響，歐盟委員會一名資深科學家警告說，歐盟大部分地區正在遭受「500年不遇」的乾旱。英國「天空新聞」8月9日報導，歐盟委員會聯合研究中心高級研究員托雷蒂（Andrea Toreti）說，這似乎是16世紀以來最糟糕的乾旱年，儘管這一點還需要進行歷史性的全面分析。托雷蒂曾發表過對於2018年氣候的研究報告，當年的乾燥和炎熱天氣使中歐和北歐主要作物產量下降了50%，但好在南歐的潮濕條件使收成猛增，這種不平衡狀態阻止了歐洲的糧價飆升。他說，但是今年「情況相反，歐洲大部分地區」面臨著複合熱浪和乾燥天氣，乾旱影響了糧食和能源生產、飲用水和野生動物。「今年真的很特別。」他補充說。歐盟47%領域處於「警告」狀態根據歐洲乾旱觀測站的最新數據顯示，在截至7月30日的10天內，歐盟約47%的領土處於「警告」（warning）狀態，這是三個乾旱類別中的第二類。但更令人擔憂的是，17%的…

2 years ago

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Sky News UK

Europe's drought on course to be worst for 500 years, European Commission researcher warns

This year is set to be even worse than in 2018, when unusually favourable conditions in some parts of the bloc protected it from drought elsewhere, and the worst since the sixteenth century, a senior scientist working on the European Commission's drought data warns.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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