Europe's heatwaves, droughts put focus on climate change risks | News
Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and the UK are enduring severe droughts this summer.
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Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and the UK are enduring severe droughts this summer.
Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France's Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux.
As climate change exacerbates worsening conditions across the globe, drought becomes an impeding threat across Europe, affecting economies, agriculture, and most aquatic life.
An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent and is damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and threatening aquatic species
Water levels are falling on major rivers such as the Danube, the Rhine and the Po.