Studying 300 years of data scientists found over the past two decades, swathes of Eurasia – from Ukraine’s breadbasket to cities in northern China – have seen a spike in extreme heatwaves followed by droughts.

Studying 300 years of data scientists found over the past two decades, swathes of Eurasia – from Ukraine’s breadbasket to cities in northern China – have seen a spike in extreme heatwaves followed by droughts.

Summers become warmer and drier in the Eurasian land mass due to a pattern of atmospheric circulation further aggravated by anthropogenic factors. Recent events of heat wave drought in tandem in the region extending from Eastern Europe to East Asia are unprecedented, as confirmed by [...]