Global warming increases the likelihood of drought, and even if scientists are still studying the connection between the unforgiving summer in the Po River basin and the broader phenomenon of climate change, dry periods of varying severity are becoming the new normal for farmers everywhere.
Climate change can also affect precipitation patterns around the world, making dry areas drier.

In nouthern Italy, there was less snowfall last winter and this spring was less rainfall in the region. And this summer brought the entire Europe with heat wave and higher temperatures made the Po River water level lower than usual and dried out soils and vegetation that affected water availability for agriculture.

Change Analysis between 2 periods (Aug 2021 and Jul 2022)

PASCO conducted a simple analysis using images from two time periods.
We picked up the images of the dried area of the Po River downstream captured ALOS-2 SAR satellite. One image was captured on August 4, 2021 (under normal condition) and the other one was captured on July 7, 2022 (affected by drought). 　　 　　　 　　　 　　 　

Scene ID : ALOS2388840890-210804　Observation Date : Aug 4, 2021

Scene ID : ALOS2438520890-220706　Observation Date : Jul 6, 2022