O=C=O<p>Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought in mid-May</p><p>The European <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBank</span></a> warned on May 23 of major <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> risks from drought, which can threaten up to 15% of production in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/eurozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eurozone</span></a> due to increasing <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> caused by climate change</p><p>More than half, or 53%, of land in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> and the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> basin were hit by <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> in mid-May, according to an <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFP</span></a> analysis of data from the European Drought Observatory (<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EDO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDO</span></a>) from May 11-20, 2025.</p><p>It was the highest level recorded for that period of time in the year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than 20 points higher than the average between 2012-2024.</p><p>The EU's <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> Service, based on <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> imagery, takes into account three benchmarks: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precipitation</span></a>, or <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a>, soil <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/moisture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moisture</span></a> and the state of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/vegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-europe-mediterranean-basin-drought-mid.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-europe-m</span><span class="invisible">editerranean-basin-drought-mid.html</span></a></p>