01/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows that crop losses due to drought and heat waves have tripled in Europe over the past 50 years (1961 to 2018). Cereals were the first victims of these climatic events, accounting for 65% of the affected land cultivated in Europe. In Eastern European countries, cereal production decreased by 12.8% over the period studied, while in Central Europe and Mediterranean regions yields fell by...