Tag: droughts
Repeated droughts: yes, we will also need basins
They bristle the hair of ecologists who see in them the encouragement of a “devastating and unsuitable agro-industrial model”. However, storage basins are part of the solutions that France needs…
Faced with droughts, are vertical farms the solution?
To produce one kilo of lettuce, you need about… 250 liters of water. For cucumber 350 and up to 700 liters for the same quantity of apples. As the drought…
With repeated droughts, poorer quality water?
Will we run out of water this summer? Will we be able to water our crops enough or make our hydroelectric plants work properly? As is often the case with…
Droughts: their management requires a “radical change”, points out a report
The disaster is not far away. The “worst” was avoided during the drought of the summer of 2022, particularly in terms of a break in the supply of drinking water.…
Satellite should predict floods and droughts
— We know that the earth’s water cycle is accelerating with climate change. This means that some places have too much water, others don’t have enough, says Benjamin Hamlington, scientist…
Are repetitive heat waves and droughts directly linked to global warming?
A database reveals that the world’s biggest climate disasters since the 1930s are either directly linked to warming from greenhouse gas emissions or made worse by it. The most obvious…
Heat waves, droughts: “We are starting to see water wars in France”
The record temperatures that have been falling for several days in France are a powerful reminder of this: water is an essential commodity, but its availability has become particularly critical…
Will droughts, floods and heat waves get worse?
With ongoing global warming, will we see more and more extreme and unusual events such as droughts or floods? What are the current trends? You will also be interested [EN…
Fires, floods and droughts – the researcher on the weather
Fires, floods and droughts have become more common in recent times. How are we affected by the extreme weather? SMHI’s climate researcher Erik Kjellström answers five questions. Unusually hot, drought,…
Droughts and floods in Europe are directly linked to our greenhouse gas emissions
The Met Office study (the service weather report English National), published in Journal of Climate, is the first to highlight the influence of human activity on rainfall extremes in Europe.…