Climate researchers warn of persistent droughts in Hungary

Hungary faces persistent droughts over the next few decades unless measures are taken to stop climate change, researchers of Budapest's ELTE university said on Tuesday. Dry areas are likely to expand, especially in central and northern parts of the Great Plain, in eastern Hungary, as well as in the north-western parts of the country, their report said. Comparing recent data to figures from the 1970s-80s, the researchers said the proportion of wetlands have shrunk from 84 percent to 68 percent.