Europe’s shrinking rivers curb power output and company earnings
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- Guardian Business·2h agoLost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yielded
Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprises Baking temperatures and drought across large swathes of central and eastern Europe have driven water levels on the Danube and Rhine rivers to record…
Read at Guardian Business → - Dawn World PK·13h agoEurope’s shrinking rivers curb power output and company earnings
PARIS: Record low water levels in Europe’s major rivers have curtailed the transport of goods, reduced electricity output and shrunk company earnings, stoking fears about the economic impact of searing heat and erratic rainfall. As Europe experiences the fastest warming of any…
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