Europe's Shrinking Rivers Give Rise to Debate over How to Tackle Drought
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Europe's shrinking rivers give rise to debate over how to tackle drought
Europe's shrinking rivers are disrupting industry, reducing power generation and intensifying the debate over how to respond to worsening drought. As water levels fall across the continent, authorities and businesses alike are looking for ways to keep freight moving and critical infrastructure operating. Hydrologists warn, however, that digging rivers deeper cannot create more water and could make shortages worse.
The economic consequences are now being felt across Western Europe after five heat waves and increasing drought. Here's an overview of a startling climate situation that is making history.
This year's extreme drought, which affected a significant part of Europe, according to bioclimatologist and director of the Institute for Global Change Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - CzechGlobe Miroslav Trnka, has shown that even such large and usually watery rivers as the Danube can have major problems. He said this in an interview with ČTK. This year's drought...
The heat wave and lack of rains cause historically low levels in major European rivers and aggravate fires in Spain and the UK. Read more
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