The continent is gripped by a major drought with countries from France to Romania confronting parched rivers and devastating wildfires after a historic heatwave
Human-caused climate change has intensified a drought across Europe with extreme heat, rather than low rainfall driving the exceptionally dry conditions, a team of international scientists said Thursday.
The continent is gripped by a major drought with countries from France to Romania confronting parched rivers, water restrictions and devastating wildfires after a historic heatwave in June.
A new study has found that today’s hotter climate has accelerated moisture loss from Europe’s soils, lakes and rivers, increasing the likelihood of bone-dry conditions.
Much of Europe received below-average rainfall during spring but it was climate-driven heat that made the drought “more severe”, said Mariam Zachariah, who co-authored the World Weather Attribution group study.
