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⚠️ Online the drought bulletin of December. In Italy #drought is still critical in the South, although #reservoir levels have increased slightly. European forecasts point to above-average #temperatures for Feb–Apr. droughtcentral.it/bollettino…
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⚠️November Drought Bulletin online! South Italy still in a long-term water deficit 🌂, with slight local reservoir recovery. Jan–Mar forecast: above-average temps 🌡️ #Drought #Climate #Italy #WaterResources droughtcentral.it/bollettino…
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🌡️ Italy’s north & center saw slight–moderate drought 🌂 this month. 🌵 South under long-term water stress: Puglia & Basilicata hardest hit. 2–6% of pastures in severe/extreme drought. Winter forecast: warm; rainfall trend unclear. 🔗 droughtcentral.it/bollettino… #Drought #Italy
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📢 September #DroughtCentral Bulletin | IBE-CNR Still a #Dry 🌂 and #Hot 🌡️ month in the South → half-empty reservoirs. Up to 7.5% of croplands under severe–extreme #Drought. Meanwhile, the North faced heavy rain ⛈️ and flooding. 🔗 droughtcentral.it/bollettino…
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⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of August. 🌧️ Above-average August #rain brought some relief, but #drought persists. 🔥 #Temperatures stayed above normal. 💧 Southern #reservoirs still low. 🍂 Autumn #outlook: warmer air and sea, uncertain rainfall. droughtcentral.it/bollettino…
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⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of July. Drought persists in the south. Apulia and Basilicata #Reservoir volumes 💦are below 40%. Next months #Forecasts show above-average #Temperatures 🌡️ droughtcentral.it/bollettino… @CNRDTA @HydrologyNext @CopernicusEMS
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⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of June. Low rainfall ☀️and high temps 🌡️ worsened the water deficit in Southern Italy 🇮🇹. #Reservoirs in Apulia and Basilicata under pressure, #SummerCrops at risk. @CNRsocial_ @HydrologyNext @CIMAFoundation droughtcentral.it/bollettino…
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⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of May. Despite above-average #Rainfall 🌧️in some regions, southern Italy remains in severe #WaterDeficit. #Rivers near record lows across Europe (#CopernicusEU). Hot 🌡️, dry 🌂#Summer ahead. droughtcentral.it/bollettino… @CNRsocial_ @CIMAFoundation
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🌟Il team del Drought Central CNR-IBE ha conquistato il premio “Best Paper 2025” 👏 al XXVII Convegno Nazionale AIAM-Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia (Osimo 11-13 giugno). 👉 Qui il paper: lnkd.in/dDC5sb23
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Il 17 Giugno è la Giornata Mondiale per la Lotta a Desertificazione e Siccità, con tema “Ripristinare le terre. Sbloccare le opportunità”. 📢NRD - UNI Sassari e CNR-IBE organizzano un webinar con successiva tavola rotonda. 👉Iscrizioni: lnkd.in/eGvzRh-R
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SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱 All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊 Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠 📷 Pomona
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Online #DroughtBulletin of April. #Rain is either scarce in the South🌂 or too intense in the North ⛈️. #SnowSeason ❄️ is over leaving a #SnowWaterEquivalent (SWE) deficit of 27%. Southern #reservoirs are still running low. droughtcentral.it/bollettino… @CIMAFoundation @CNRsocial_
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📣 Domani 8 Maggio, ore 17:15 a #GEO, Marco Merola, giornalista, divulgatore scientifico nonché Accademico dei #Georgofili, parlerà di #siccità. Un piccolo contributo al servizio anche da parte del Drought Central! Non mancate!
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Thank you to all speakers, moderators, and participants who joined our first EOTEC DevNet Regional Drought WG Meet-ups! 🌍 Spotlight presentations, key takeaways, and recordings are now live: 🔗 eotecdev.net/highlights-from… #EOTECDevNet #DroughtMonitoring #EarthObservation
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INCREASING WORLD DROUGHT Drying & drought affects most of world food producing regions Droughts worldwide are increasing in frequency, intensity, spatial extent and duration, with global climate change a major factor. drought.gov/international #drought #ClimateChange #globalwarming
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Online #BollettinoSiccità di Marzo. La #siccità 🌂 persiste al sud, nonostante le piogge 🌧️di Marzo. Deficit #neve ❄️ al 34%. #Temperature 🌡️superiori alla media. Volumi dei #Bacini meridionali ancora bassi. droughtcentral.it/bollettino… @CIMAFoundation @CNRsocial_
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Il "Pianeta azzurro” è sempre meno azzurro almanacco.cnr.it/articolo/13… La vita sulla Terra è possibile solo grazie all'acqua, ma la domanda idrica mondiale è in costante crescita e la siccità avanza di pari passo. Intervista alla nostra @adipal82 su @CNRsocial_
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🌡The March '25 Climate Bulletin is out. It was the warmest March on record for Europe and the second-warmest March globally, with a global average surface air temperature of 14.06°C, 1.60°C above the pre-industrial level for March. Read the details climate.copernicus.eu/surfac… #C3S
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L’Osservatorio della Siccità del CNR-IBE contribuisce al "Blue Book 2025": focus su siccità e nuovi strumenti di monitoraggio. cnr.it/it/news/13369/il-cnr-…
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Il lungo volo delle polveri fossili dal Sahara all’Amazzonia #AlmanaccoCnr Tonnellate di polveri minerali ogni anno si sollevano nel Sahara mosse dai venti e da qui volano verso ovest sopra l’oceano. A spiegarci questo fenomeno è @Massi_Pasqui del #Cnr_Ibe almanacco.cnr.it/articolo/13…
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