The Guardian23 Jul 2026Macro
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A World Weather Attribution analysis found that record-breaking heat, not low rainfall, drove the current "extreme" drought across western and eastern Europe, with the atmospheric thirst made 80 times more likely by global heating in the west and directly causing 9 million tonnes of expected grain losses, river lows below 1976 records on the Rhine, and emergency water restrictions across southern England.