On 18 July 2022, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published the “Drought in Europe - July 2022” report, an assessment of Europe’s drought situation based on the European Drought Observatory. [1] The report points out that [2]
Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), drought mitigation and climate adaptation are essential to address the current situation. At the same time, it is vital to strengthen and accelerate climate mitigation [3] to limit increasing impacts of climate change [3] in the future.
Regarding rivers, did you know there is a map layer on river gauging stations in the European Atlas of the Seas? Instruments at these stations measure a range of parameters including water height, discharge, water chemistry, and water temperature. Data are used by hydrologists or environmental scientists to monitor and test terrestrial bodies of water to monitor the water quality and biota (living organisms). Some gauging stations are highly automated. Explore the Map of the Week by clicking on the stations to learn more!
What can you do?
The Map of the Week will be on a summer break in the coming three weeks. We will be back with new ocean and seas updates on 19 August 2022. Follow us on Twitter for estival highlights!
The data in this map are provided by EMODnet.
[1] https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news/droughts-europe-july-2022-almost-half-eu-uk-territory-risk-2022-07-18_en
[2] https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130253
[3] Watch the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report video on the webpage.