Britain announced that there are more places to enter the dry state

Xinhua News Agency, London, August 12th (Reporter Guo Shuang) The British government announced on the 12th that after the most drought July since 1935, 8 of England's 14 regions were in a dry state. This is England in 2018 For the first time in the year, drought.

At the meeting held on the day of the national drought group, officials of the British Environment said that after a long period of heat and dry weather, due to triggering drought thresholds, some areas in southwestern England, southern England, and parts of the region, and the entire eastern England were allocated into Drought. The Environment Bureau and Water Affairs Company will implement a pre -agreed drought response plan.

The British Water Report announced on the same day shows that the July in the past July is the most drought July in England since 1935. All geographical areas in England have been less than the average level in a row for five consecutive months, and the temperature is higher than the average level. The groundwater level and reservoir stocks declined in July.

At present, Britain is facing extreme high temperature weather brought by the second wave of heat waves since this summer, and the temperature has soared in many places. The temperature in July once soared to 40.2 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous historical highest temperature record.

The Executive Director of Environmental Affairs and Chairman of the State Drought Group Harvey Brad Shao said that the high temperatures that the United Kingdom is experiencing has exacerbated the pressure of wildlife and water environment. Researchers said that the important reason for the occurrence of high temperature and drought in the UK is that human activities have exacerbated climate change.

Mike Ri Venon, a senior scientist in the James Hetton Institute in Britain, said that this is a warning signal that human needs to treat water issues more seriously, because drought will affect the operation of nature and the ability to provide life for society. Biological diversity, especially the soil microbial environment, may be difficult to recover, affecting agricultural production in the coming year. Climate change makes drought more likely to occur, which means that agriculture will further reduce production and trigger rising food prices.

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