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Europe has just endured its second warmest winter on record. This series of images, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, show the impacts of the drought on the Loire River – the longest river in France. In the most recent image captured on 27 February 2023, effects of the drought including large areas of exposed riverbed are clearly visible.
Read full story: Is Europe already drying up?