1.0WTFhttps://www.crowdfarming.com/what-the-fieldEmmeline Hesshttps://www.crowdfarming.com/what-the-field/en/author/ehess/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lFIzcDQKxq"><a href="https://www.crowdfarming.com/what-the-field/society/the-drought-issue/">The drought issue</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.crowdfarming.com/what-the-field/society/the-drought-issue/embed/#?secret=lFIzcDQKxq" width="600" height="338" title="“The drought issue” — WTF" data-secret="lFIzcDQKxq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.crowdfarming.com/what-the-field/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1-1024x828-6.png1024828The month of April was the hottest and driest April registered in Spain, and in certain regions of France, the ongoing drought crisis has been the longest on record. In fact, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and certain areas in the South of Spain such as Malaga, there hasn’t really been any rainfall of consequence for over a year now. In the North of Italy there was a 40% decrease in rainfall in 2022 and 2023 is off to a bad start, resulting in water storage levels that were not even half as high as normal and dried out lakes and rivers. In France, it did not rain anywhere for 32 consecutive days in January and February – the longest dry spell in winter since monitoring began in 1959.