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[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️ 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.

https://t.co/84NpeakDr5

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️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

https://t.co/8cuww2yEWo

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

🌡️ 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.
🔗 https://t.co/wowRQ9O1o7
#Drought #Italy

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

📢 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.
🔗 https://t.co/NZmIc9FL6I

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️ 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.

https://t.co/loLyy18zAB

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of July.
Drought persists in the south.
Apulia and Basilicata #Reservoir volumes 💦are below 40%.
Next months #Forecasts show above-average #Temperatures 🌡️

https://t.co/2Agj9gC6o3

@CNRDTA
@HydrologyNext
@CopernicusEMS

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️ 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
https://t.co/9dIeeDkxGA

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

⚠️ 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.

https://t.co/bqIQr93g8z

@CNRsocial_
@CIMAFoundation

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

🌟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: https://t.co/2wVf3oD5yA

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

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: https://t.co/qU69XOUhan

[Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy]

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

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

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.

https://t.co/0IwgnsQcK3

@CIMAFoundation
@CNRsocial_

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

📣 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!

[EOTEC DevNet @EOTECDevNet]

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:
🔗 https://t.co/R7IBpVLCce

#EOTECDevNet #DroughtMonitoring #EarthObservation

[Peter D Carter @PCarterClimate]

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.
https://t.co/Y4sCldYQDA
#drought #ClimateChange #globalwarming

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

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.
https://t.co/TtelrMrnJq
@CIMAFoundation
@CNRsocial_

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

Il "Pianeta azzurro” è sempre meno azzurro https://t.co/C4hklTDzE1 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_

[Copernicus ECMWF @CopernicusECMWF]

🌡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 https://t.co/d0k1CmWobY

#C3S

[DroughtCentral @Droughtcentral]

L’Osservatorio della Siccità del CNR-IBE contribuisce al "Blue Book 2025": focus su siccità e nuovi strumenti di monitoraggio.

https://t.co/bVWcpoAJSI

[CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche @CNRsocial_]

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
https://t.co/DqfGPcCYjQ