Rain clouds on the horizon: relief for dry spell this week
Many in the northern provinces will be relieved to hear that the two-week-long drought seems certain to have finally, at ...
Tag: drought
Drought impacting drinking water extraction in Groningen
Soaring temperatures across the Netherlands have resulted in country-wide droughts. In the province of Groningen, local water services are feeling ...
Campus Fryslân in Leeuwarden to hold special ‘local solutions to global problems’ climate adaptation courses
The free, online course is a collaborative effort between the RUG’s Frisian faculty and the UN’s ‘Global Centre on Adaptation’ ...
Rare Drents Storks in trouble due to drought
Their food sources have been depleted by the dry weather Storks, previously near-extinct in the Northern Netherlands, are in trouble ...
Why are Drenthe’s Christmas trees so small this year?
Due to the dry summers of the last two years, trees in Drenthe are growing less rapidly. The Christmas trees ...
“Landscape in the Northern Netherlands is changing drastically due to drought”
Dry summers are becoming a more common occurrence in The Netherlands, and the changing conditions will have a major impact ...
Burn and smoking ban on all Frisian Wadden islands
Due to dry weather conditions, a burn and smoking ban is in place on the islands of Ameland, Vlieland, Schiermonnikoog ...
First heatwave of the year in the forecast
Starting on Sunday the 23rd of June, temperatures across the Netherlands are expected to get close to or above 30 degrees ...
Many Easter bonfires cancelled due to dry conditions
The annual tradition of bonfires across the north during Easter weekend will not be happening at many locations due to ...
Rainy weather: water levels nearly back to – or exceeding – normal levels
The extremely rainy weather in recent weeks has nearly restored the ground water levels to normal following a historically long ...