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European summer droughts are more severe than in the past 2,100 years Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Droughts in Europe during the summer are more severe now than at any time in the past two millennia, a new study reveals. Researchers studied 'chemical fingerprints' – carbon and oxygen isotopes – in European oak trees to reconstruct summer climate over the last 2,110 years. They found that drought conditions suddenly intensified in 2015 beyond anything in the past two thousand years, likely due to climate change. Europe ex...
Unless measures are taken to curb climate change, summers in the UK and the rest of the northern hemisphere could last for six months come 2100, a study warned. Researchers from China used historical climate data and modelling to determine how the seasons have shifted in the past, and will likely alter in the future. Changes could also see winters shrunk down to the span of just two months — with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, human health and the environment. Unless measures are taken to curb climate change, summers in the UK and the rest of the northern hemisphere could last for s...