By Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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The drought that has hit Europe in recent months wasn’t a surprise at all according to a study<\/a> released in recent weeks which highlighted the crucial role played by global warming. “The climate crisis made the record drought across the northern hemisphere this summer at least 20 times<\/strong> more likely,” the Guardian writes<\/a>. \u201cWithout human-caused global heating, the event would have been expected only once every four centuries<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n The phenomenon, say researchers from World Weather Attribution<\/strong> (WWA), a group of scientists formed to study the incidence of extreme events, has impacted soil conditions in particular, eventually exacerbating a broader food and economic crisis.<\/p>\n