Researchers of Budapest’s ELTE university claim the Great Hungarian Plain may completely dry out

According to academics from Budapest's Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary may endure severe droughts over the next several decades unless climate change mitigation measures are implemented.

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The Great Hungarian Plain is a flat, fertile plain that covers the bulk of Hungary's contemporary area.

According to their assessment, dry areas are anticipated to grow, particularly in the central and northern Great Plains, eastern Hungary, and the country's northwestern regions. According to the researchers, the proportion of wetlands has decreased from 84 percent to 68 percent when comparing modern statistics to estimates from the 1970s and 1980s.

The report also warned that beech woods might totally vanish and oak could only be found in a few tiny regions. In the worst-case scenario, the Great Plain could fully dry up and even more than 85% of the country's land could turn into a wooded steppe by the second half of the century.