England’s driest July since 1935 has left the grass parched in Greenwich Park, London Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images
Despite the popular perception of the UK as a wet, rainy nation, there are big regional differences in rainfall patterns and droughts are nothing new. A parliamentary committee has even warned that some parts of England could run out of water by 2040.
Climate change is leading to hotter, drier summers like the current one, and summer rainfall in England is expected to decline by roughly 15 per cent by the 2050s. This trend and …
