Drought in Europe July 2024
GDO Analytical Report
After severe and prolonged droughts that affected northern Africa during the last 6 years and Europe for over 2 years, drought conditions are back again in large parts of Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean region, eastern Europe and the Baltic countries. Recent above-average temperatures and heatwaves in Scandinavia, Baltic, and the eastern Mediterranean regions exacerbated the effect of the prolonged lack of precipitation. Above-average temperatures have directly affected soil moisture and vegetation growth, with severe impacts in northern Africa, coastal regions of Spain, and most of the Mediterranean islands.Wildfire danger varies from high to extreme over most of southern and eastern Europe as well as in northern Africa.
TORETI Andrea;
BAVERA Davide;
ACOSTA NAVARRO Juan;
ACQUAFRESCA Laura;
AZAS Konstantinos;
BARBOSA Paulo;
DE JAGER Alfred;
FICCHI Andrea;
FIORAVANTI Guido;
GRIMALDI Stefania;
HRAST ESSENFELDER Arthur;
MAGNI Diego;
MAZZESCHI Marco;
MCCORMICK Niall;
SALAMON Peter;
SANTOS NUNES Sergio;
VOLPI Danila;
2024-07-26
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC138930
978-92-68-19814-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 32016,
OP KJ-NA-32-016-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138930,
10.2760/420832 (online),
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