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EU’s wildfire summer puts spotlight on EU nature restoration plans

EU countries must submit their draft nature restoration plans by 1 September, as the continent emerges from a summer that was starkly affected by wildfires and drought. Meanwhile, researchers identified a €65 billion financing gap.

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France eases strict cheesemaking rules as heat and drought hit farmers

Depleted grasslands have forced farmers to temporarily supplement their cows' diets with feed from elsewhere.

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Fossils and a shipwreck unveiled along Danube following drought

On a stretch of the river in Bulgaria, archaeologists have been able to study the foundations of a bridge, thought to have been built in the year 328.

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Why France could run low on potatoes this autumn

This year's French potato harvest is expected to be particularly challenging.

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El Niño to be 'strongest in living memory'. Should Europe be worried?

Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally, as a powerful El Niño clashes with human-caused climate change.

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Hungary’s lakes and rivers hit record lows as severe drought deepens

Hungary is facing a severe water crisis, with prolonged heat and drought driving water levels sharply lower. Around 99% of the country is under severe or extreme drought, while desertification threatens the Great Hungarian Plain.

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Mongolia hosts UN desertification summit as drought crisis deepens

Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.

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Panama Canal to reduce shipping as El Niño fuels drought in lakes

The operator said it does not rule out further restrictions on shipping depending on how much it rains in the coming weeks.

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Drought on Serbia's Sava River reveals long-lost WWII shipwreck

Serbia has seen the remains of a century-old steam tug emerge from the Sava River near Sremska Mitrovica, after prolonged heat and drought drove water levels exceptionally low.

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Climate change forces rethink at Chambord's historic gardens

In France, drought and heatwaves are clearly visible at its historic chateuax. The parched vegetation is forcing gardeners to rethink landscapes and consider new plant species.

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Ancient Roman bridge in the Tiber river exposed due to drought

The Tiber is at a historic low, and near Castel Sant’Angelo, the pillars of what was once a Neronian bridge, dating from the early centuries AD, have re-emerged.

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Rhine River remains low amid ongoing drought in Germany

Drought conditions have pushed water levels on Germany's Rhine to exceptionally low levels. The situation is putting pressure on inland navigation along one of western Europe's key transport routes. It comes amid a record-breaking wave of extreme weather across the region.

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France swelters in new heatwave as water restrictions tighten

Seventy-eight departments, including Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine, Calvados and Finistère, are on orange heatwave alert. Weeks of drought have led the authorities to impose successive restrictions on water use.

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Switzerland helps out as Italy's northern lakes are in crisis

Lake Maggiore is suffering from drought and Switzerland is increasing releases from Lake Lugano. Water is also scarce in Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and the Marche: this is Italy's new emergency.

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Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant

Experts say overfishing, plastic pollution and warming seas due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.

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Grape harvest in Hungary's Villány wine region down 30% due to drought

Winegrowers say this year's harvest in Hungary's southernmost wine region will be smaller as dry heat forces early ripening, cutting yields.

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Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70% of France

A series of heatwaves over the past three months, compounded by drought, have broken temperature records, caused thousands of excess deaths, and fuelled massive wildfires.

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Drought declared in 'almost three-quarters' of England, UK says

Britain was also facing its fifth heatwave of the 2026 summer that has seen multiple temperature records being broken.

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Danube water level rising: Another Paks NPP turbine may restart

The Danube's level at Paks, south of Budapest, has risen by about 19 centimetres from its previous low, allowing the first additional Paks nuclear plant turbine to be restarted and reconnected.

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Water levels across the Balkans have fallen to record lows

Record-low water levels are disrupting navigation on Croatia’s Danube and Drava rivers.