EnvironmentEurope to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change The warming climate is causing soils to lose their moisture more quickly, resulting in damaging, rapid-onset droughts 51¶¯Âþ
EnvironmentPolar ice sheets may retreat much faster than previously thought Traces on the sea floor suggest an ancient ice sheet retreated at more than 600 metres per day at the end of the last glaciation, raising concern about the fate of modern ice sheets 51¶¯Âþ