Tag: drought
Drought: why the return of the rain will not be enough
The days follow each other and resemble each other. In Ile-de-France, the rain has been falling almost daily for a week. Ditto in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, yet on drought alert despite…
Drought: why the return of the rain will not be enough
The days follow each other and resemble each other. In Ile-de-France, the rain has been falling almost daily for a week. Ditto in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, yet on drought alert despite…
Water crisis in Uruguay after long drought
fullscreen Water heaters are handed in for repair in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital. The amount of chlorides and sludge in the drinking water has caused the water heaters to stop working.…
Water crisis in Uruguay after long drought
Three consecutive years of drought have almost emptied the reservoir that supplies the area around the capital Montevideo with drinking water. To avoid a water shortage, the waterworks company OSE…
After the drought: Increased risk of African swine fever coming to Sörmland
It is domestic pigs and wild boar that are affected by African swine fever, ASF, which often leads to their death within a few days of being infected. The disease…
Drought: 68% of French water tables still below normal
The drought is not receding in France: 68% of the water tables are still below normal, the Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu announced on Tuesday July 11, adding that…
Drought: VigiEau, the platform that allows you to follow water restrictions in your municipality
The drought intensifies in France. The first week of July has become the hottest on record worldwide, according to the UN meteorological organization. But drinking water is starting to run…
Drought and heat wave: alerts are increasing at the start of summer
After the historic drought of the summer of 2022 and a weak reconstitution of the water tables during the winter, the number of departments considered to be in drought continues…
Crops and drought: will the dark scenario repeat itself this summer?
“The world has come to know its hottest start to june on recordafter a month of May very close – barely 0.1°C – to the past temperature record”, recently reported…
Heat, drought… These records already fell in 2023
The records follow one another and – more worryingly – look alike. The world experienced its hottest month of June on record, announced on Thursday July 6 theeuropean copernicus observatory.…