Archive of news on the topic "drought"

The record drought in Europe for the last 500 years is aggravating the economic situation in the region. The chief analyst of Sovcombank, Natalya Vashchelyuk, told Moskovsky Komsomolets about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to her, there are risks to the yield of various crops, for example, corn, sunflower, wheat, and soybeans. “Secondly, a significant portion of heavy cargo is transported along rivers - coal, chemicals, petroleum products. Shallowing of rivers means...

Drought could hit around 60% of the EU and UK, exacerbated by record heat in Europe this summer caused by climate change, according to new research from the European Drought Observatory. Axios reports this. The EU's climate change service Copernicus notes "increased fire risk due to lack of rain and associated dry vegetation combined with high temperatures", amid...

Over the past week, water inflows into reservoirs feeding Simferopol and its region have doubled. Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic Svetlana Maslova stated this at a briefing on the water supply situation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “About 120 thousand cubic meters of water need to be supplied to Simferopol and its suburbs every day. The Simferopol reservoir has accumulated 5% of the useful volume...

Ukraine must show the Crimeans that without it they will live in drought conditions and the decision to join Russia in a referendum in 2014 was a mistake. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vladimir Ohryzko stated this on the Espresso TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In addition, Ogryzko is confident that Ukraine should put pressure on Crimea informationally.…

In the next half century, Crimea will experience climate change - air temperatures will rise by several degrees, summers will become longer and drier, and there will be less precipitation. This forecast was voiced on the First Sevastopol TV channel by the scientific director of the Institute of Natural-Technical Systems, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the basic department of Climate Monitoring and Theory at SevSU Alexander Polonsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Crimea generally belongs to...

The drought in Crimea has exceeded all the expectations of experts, who at the beginning of summer assured that the peninsula would cope painlessly with the Ukrainian water blockade. Simferopol and Bakhchisaray, together with adjacent areas, have already introduced restrictions on water supply. There is too little precipitation to fill the reservoirs. The general director of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Water of Crimea" Vladimir Bazhenov stated this at a press conference in Simferopol, the correspondent reports...

Ukrainian farmers risk being left without a harvest due to drought in the south of the country – in the Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa regions. This was reported by the Ukraine TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, in the Kherson region the amount of sandy soils is increasing. For local farmer Andrei Shchedrinov, sands have consumed at least 15% of his acreage. “There’s a completely layer of sand under us, it’s never been here before...

Today, additional water supply from artesian wells was launched in Crimea. Emergency measures are being implemented in drought conditions. The Simferopol reservoir has dried up. Ukraine refuses to lift the water blockade of Crimea, which was lost six years ago. Nationalists in Kyiv say that the costs of maintaining the peninsula should place an additional burden on the Russian economy and bring it down. However, Ukraine's hopes for the discarded white...

Even with minimal precipitation in Crimea, the local population will not be left without water, but agricultural crops will suffer. President of the Crimean Academy of Sciences Viktor Tarasenko spoke about this in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets. He does not support the optimism of the head of the Hydrometeorological Center, Tatyana Lyubetskaya, who claims that rains will soon fall on Crimea, which will solve the problem of water shortage. “According to official data, the reservoirs of Crimea...

In Kyiv they are afraid that in the next 5-7 years, Crimea will face a drought, enterprises will stop, and ghost towns will appear in the north. Ex-representative of the “President of Ukraine in Crimea” Boris Babin is frightened by this forecast on the air of the UATV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. The former official believes that the reason for this will be the shortage of technical water on the peninsula, necessary for watering land and operating enterprises.…

Drought is observed on 25% of the territory of Ukraine; the Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions suffer most from the lack of precipitation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the head of the agrometeorological department of the Hydrometeorological Center Tatyana Adamenko. “The drought has affected the south-eastern part of Ukraine. Most of all, it affected the Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions. The rains were very uneven. We can say that severe drought is observed at 25%...

Drought in the southern, central and eastern regions of Ukraine can lead to the loss of about 50% of the grain harvest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a message on the website of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Rada (VAR) association. According to the results of a survey of GAR members, wheat and barley suffered the most due to critically low rainfall for several months. "The last rain...

The statements of the deputy of the Ukrainian parliament Mustafa Dzhemilev, who said that Ukraine, by cutting off the supply of water to Crimea via the North Crimean Canal in 2014, deprived the peninsula of agriculture due to drought, are not true. Kommersant writes about this, citing Crimean ecologists and meteorologists. Thus, the chairman of the Crimean Republican Association “Ecology and Peace” Viktor Tarasenko told the publication that statements about drought...

Simferopol, July 12 (Navigator, Evgeniy Andreev) – Crimean reservoirs, which were filled after heavy June rains, are already half empty. Subscribe to the news "Navigator - Crimea" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The Crimean newspaper writes about this. According to the head of the Crimean Basin Water Resources Department Andrey Lisovsky reservoir is filled to 47,3%. “For this time of year, the occupancy rate is somewhat less than normal.…