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London, UK

 

A dry lawn in Greenwich Park in front of the Queen’s House,

with Canary Wharf in the background

 

Photograph: Johnny Armstead

Rex/Shutterstock

 

Europe’s worst ever drought: in pictures

Parched Greenwich Park, drought-stricken Berlin

and wildfires from Spain to Belgium

– Europe is feeling the heat this summer

How Europe is being hit by climate-driven drought crisis

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Mon 8 Aug 2022    16.09 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/08/
europes-worst-ever-drought-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

global water shortages

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/09/
global-water-shortages-threat-terror-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reservoir

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reservoir > water level > lie low

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reservoir > low water levels

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 depleted reservoirs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be irrigated    (passive)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe > drought        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/
drought

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/
how-do-we-know-that-the-climate-crisis-is-to-blame-for-extreme-weather

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/aug/16/
why-is-england-so-vulnerable-to-droughts-podcast

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/13/
europes-rivers-run-dry-
as-scientists-warn-drought-could-be-worst-in-500-years

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/
production-french-salers-cheese-halted-drought

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/12/
germany-drought-rhine-water-levels-new-low

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/
1117130528/the-drought-across-europe-is-drying-up-rivers-
killing-fish-and-shriveling-crops

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
soil-healing-olive-growing-how-uk-farms-coping-looming-drought

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
drought-declared-england-hosepipe-ban-water-restrictions

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/09/
uk-braced-for-drought-conditions-in-october

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/08/
europes-worst-ever-drought-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/08/
the-new-normal-
how-europe-is-being-hit-by-a-climate-driven-drought-crisis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/05/
rhine-low-water-levels-shut-cargo

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/10/
po-river-italy-drought-climate

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/06/
utah-great-salt-lake-shrinking-drought

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/05/
dry-farming-california-drought-wine-crops

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/mar/30/
global-warming-and-drought-turning-golden-state-brown

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/10/
droughts-hot-dry-summers-england

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/16/
wildfires-colorado-fears-drought-evacuations

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/02/
britain-faces-more-floods-and-droughts

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/16/
drought-wildlife-farming-disaster-warning

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/16/
drought-farm-water-desperation

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/16/
drought-fears-revive-memories-1976

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2012/apr/16/
drought-hosepipe-bans-england-map

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/28/drought-reaches-yorkshire-levels-falling

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/15/uk-households-water-restrictions

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/uk-regions-given-drought-warning

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/14/leeds-liverpool-canal-closure-drought

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/aug/09/
water.conservationandendangeredspecies 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jul/22/
environment.frontpagenews 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/17/
water.ethicalliving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dry grass

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dead grass

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dried out grass

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field > turn brown and dried out

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sports > cricket > field > scorched out field

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dried-up rivers

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

crop failures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fire > be burnt

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hosepipe bans

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/
mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parched earth

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/15/
water.conservationandendangeredspecies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parched fields and meadows

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/12/
dead-grass-and-dried-up-rivers-drought-across-the-uk-in-pictures#img-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cracked and dry soil

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/feb/15/
uk-households-water-restrictions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia > drought        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/27/
before-and-after-the-drought-how-one-australian-family-farm-sprang-back-to-life-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/13/
a-beautiful-change-australia-in-bloom-after-drought-breaking-rain-a-photo-essay

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2020/feb/10/
floods-follow-drought-and-fire-in-australia-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2018/sep/03/
beautiful-and-frightening-australias-rivers-under-threat-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/aug/13/
drought-australia-seen-from-above-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/08/
australia.drought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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