Article 56M3M Extreme droughts in central Europe likely to increase sevenfold

Extreme droughts in central Europe likely to increase sevenfold

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Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
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Researchers say moderate reductions in CO2 emissions could halve their likelihood

Extreme droughts are likely to become much more frequent across central Europe, and if global greenhouse gas emissions rise strongly they could happen seven times more often, new research has shown.

The area of crops likely to be affected by drought is also set to increase, and under sharply rising CO2 levels would nearly double in central Europe in the second half of this century, to more than 40m hectares (154,440 sq miles) of farmland.

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