View of a branch of the Loire River as historical drought hits France An aerial view shows a branch of the Loire River as historical drought hits France, in Loireauxence, France, August 16, 2022.
REUTERS/Stephane Mahe - RC2PXV9RGG3SRising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels made this summer’s brutal droughts across the Northern Hemisphere that dried up rivers, sparked unprecedented wildfires and led to widespread crop failure 20 times more likely, according to a new study.the study by World Weather Attribution
“In Europe, drought conditions led to reduced harvests. This was particularly worrying, as it followed a climate change-fueled heatwave in South Asia that also destroyed crops, and happened at a time when global food prices were already extremely high due to the war in Ukraine," Freiderike Otto, professor of climate science at Grantham Institute in the United Kingdom and one of the authors of the study, said in a statement.
in June found that climate change was disrupting the monsoon season across Asia, making them wetter and more deadly., when a monsoon season that dumped six times as much rain as the 30-year average displaced more than 32 million people and killed over 1,300.