#64: Climate crisis and extreme drought events in Europe

Climate crisis could double frequency of extreme regional summer droughts in Europe

By Suzanna Burgelman. Read by Rendy Mulaudzi.

Europe is heading towards a future with more extreme summer droughts, a new study shows. In the long-term future (from 2080 to 2099), regions like the Alps, France, the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula could see an increase in extreme summer droughts by more than 50%. This means that extreme droughts could occur more than every second summer. The study shows the critical need for rapid climate crisis mitigation in Europe, such as the adaptation to summer droughts and storage of water in winter.

Read More: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/09/07/climate-crisis-could-double-frequency-of-extreme-regional-summer-droughts-in-europe/