"If you see me, just cry"

Experts said that this year may be the worst year of drought in 500 years in Europe.

"If you see me, just cry." On the "hunger stone" buried in the Czech Republic, such a warning language was engraved. Today, the severe drought in Europe has made a large number of "hungry stones" see the sun again. On the dry riverbed, it even exposed the historical sites that have been overwhelmed for a long time.

However, under the pinch of high temperature and drought, Europe not only felt "heat" and "thirst", drought impacted people's livelihood and economy, exacerbated the European energy crisis, but also sounded the alarm of climate change.

"The Stone of Hunger" see the day again

Continuous high temperatures and rains leading to severe drought in European countries. As some rivers' water levels continue to decrease, the "hungry stone" has seen the sun again.

On August 17, 2022 local time, Volms, Germany, caused a "hunger stone" on the shore.

Reuters and Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that many "hungry stones" appeared on the bank's largest river bank in Germany, with these stones with dates in 1947, 1959, and 2018. In fact, these "hungry stones" are some riverbed rocks, often appearing only when the water level is extremely low, and some also engraved the information of the warning disaster left by the previous people.

"Stone of Hunger" is not the only "cultural relics" in the drought this year. In Spain, which has suffered the worst drought in the past few decades, a circular boulder in the bottom of the reservoir has been seen again. The report pointed out that this boulder array is called "Gwadarperal Tomb", which can be traced back to 5000 BC.

In the province of Kassarez in central Spain, with the sudden fall of the water level of the Bald Canias Reservoir, a ring -shaped boulder array was exposed.

Near Pirathover, in eastern Serbia, dozens of wreckage wrecks were exposed. These warships have been proven to belong to the Nazi German Black Sea Fleet, and many warships also have a large number of ammunition and explosives.

The water level in the Bohe River in Italy declined, and nearby fishermen found a bomb on the exposed riverbed. According to reports, this bomb weighs more than 450 kg, which is left during World War II. The bomb was then taken to a safe area for blasting.

According to the data of the European Drought Observation Station (EDO), the drought warning is currently affecting the European region with more than 60%. Experts said that this year may be the worst year of drought in 500 years in Europe.

In recent weeks, countries such as France and Spain have had to start restricting water. In some areas of the two countries, the authorities are still forced to cut off water supply under certain circumstances.

Not just drought

The problem caused by drought is not only the exposed riverbeds and scarce drinking water. It also impacted the European people's livelihood economy, exacerbated the energy crisis, and sounded the alarm of climate change.

The Spanish Biltadlos Monteis, the local reservoir was severely drought and looked at it, thinking that this is a desert.

High -temperature drought has caused many impacts on Europe, and agriculture has been hit the most direct impact. In the Bohe region of Italy, severe drought leads to the dry paddy fields. Local farmers estimate that the rice harvest this year may be "chopped".

The Qatar Peninsula TV stated that high temperature and drought are caused huge losses to the European economy. According to the research conducted by many European economic experts, long -term high -temperature heat waves will affect European GDP (GDP). European GDP growth will decrease 0.5%over the past few years.

In recent years, the energy crisis that has been encountered from time to time is not "fresh" for Europe. However, on the one hand, the gas, oil, and coal resources brought about by the Russian -Ukraine conflict are full of shortage of energy, and on the other hand, it is a huge energy demand caused by continuous high temperature and drought, and the European energy crisis has deteriorated sharply.

Some experts said that the continuous drought in Europe put pressure on power generation. Lustard Energy Company pointed out that the power demand in some countries in July was 3%to 8%higher than the level of the same period of the previous year. The electricity price in the midsummer season hit a new high. In July, it became the most expensive one month since Germany, France, Italy, and Britain.

The British subway and train transportation systems are forced to slow down and reduce class to prevent the orbit from dangerous due to high temperature deformation. A railway worker distributed bottled water to passengers at a railway station in London.

Affected by a variety of factors, EU energy supply cannot be guaranteed, and some European countries restarted coal power projects for this. Under the current situation, the EU's ambition to deal with climate change is facing difficulties.

Comments pointed out that the energy crisis is promoting the return of European governments to return to the original energy model -including dependence on coal and fossil fuels, and European countries seem to abandon its goal of reducing gas emissions by 55%on the occasion of 2030, and This situation may also cause further deterioration of the current situation.

Authoritative agencies, experts, and public opinion generally believe that this summer has swept Europe's high temperature and drought, and once again sounds the alarm clock where climate change is intensified. The World Meteorological Organization predicts that due to climate change caused by human activities, high -temperature heat waves will become a common phenomenon in the future, and the temperature in Europe will increase faster than other regions.

Source: China News Network

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