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As climate change advances, almost all the world's landmasses will be affected by more frequent flash droughts that take hold faster, with Europe a particular hotspot, says Yuan. CLIMATE change is leading to more frequent "flash droughts", which take just a few weeks to materialise and can shock ecosystems. As Yuan points out, existing drought monitoring systems aren't designed to spot incoming flash droughts, leaving very little warning, for example for growers of grape vines in France (pictured). [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the rising environmental temperature due to the use of air-conditioners. The rise in sale of air-conditioning units has led to a considerable rise in temperature of many areas of northern Europe. According to the London-based Association for the Conservation of Energy, the emission levels of carbon dioxide are supposed to destroy the attempts to fulfill the targets of Kyoto protocol.