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Europe's agriculture in crisis due to abnormally hot summer

Europe's agriculture in crisis due to abnormally hot summer

All summer we watched abnormal heat stop reactors, dry up rivers, and burn forests across Europe. Now it's clear it's also hitting the continent's food system at its core—crops, milk yields, even poultry farms.

UN summit in Mongolia to allocate $12 billion for drought response

UN summit in Mongolia to allocate $12 billion for drought response

As the Northern Hemisphere swelters in record heat and wildfires rage across North America and Europe, UN desertification talks—once seen as the least prominent of the three Rio environmental conventions—have unexpectedly taken center stage.

Another major European river has shrunk to a record low.

Another major European river has shrunk to a record low.

The list of major European rivers hitting historic lows this summer keeps growing. This time, the Po—Italy's largest river, supplying the industrial north and the famed Food Valley around Parma—set a new record.

Slovenia also reduced nuclear power output due to heat — following Hungary and Romania.

Slovenia also reduced nuclear power output due to heat — following Hungary and Romania.

European nuclear plants hit by summer heat grow again.

Netherlands closed canals between The Hague and Rotterdam due to drought.

Netherlands closed canals between The Hague and Rotterdam due to drought.

Europe's summer of 2026 keeps setting unprecedented precedents. Dutch authorities have, for the first time in the region's history, closed all canal locks between The Hague and Rotterdam.

Romania blasts rocks on the Danube riverbed to save a nuclear power plant

Romania blasts rocks on the Danube riverbed to save a nuclear power plant

Romania's Defense Ministry launched a military operation on the Danube's bed: over 100 troops and 16 units conduct blasting to alter the river's course.

Half of England officially in drought zone — what does Kazakh grain have to do with it

Half of England officially in drought zone — what does Kazakh grain have to do with it

While British farmers harvest unripe wheat and millions face water restrictions, drought at a major grain producer on the other end of Eurasia could boost demand for Kazakh wheat.