Local weather change will intensify UK droughts so we should take motion now

2JHKK31 Manchester, UK. 19th July, 2022. Aerial photo taken on July 19, 2022 shows the partially empty Woodhead Reservoir near Manchester, Britain. A recent report by the European Commission's Joint Research Center showed that almost half of the European Union's (EU) territory and Britain are at risk of drought in July. Drought conditions and water scarcity are affecting energy production and reducing crop yield. Credit: Jon Super/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

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TEMPORARY bans on utilizing hosepipes to replenish paddling swimming pools may seem to be a parochial challenge. However such modest efforts as most of England nears drought are a reminder that even international locations perceived as perpetually wet might want to get critical about saving water in a warming world.

Drought is a part of many international locations’ pure climate cycles, together with the UK. However dry situations are additionally anticipated to change into extra frequent and intense as Earth strikes past the 1.2°C of local weather change we've seen to this point.

The worst is but to come back, which is unhealthy information given how nations …