Damn the Dunkelflaute
Gloomy Europe looks to defend Baltic as Denmark fends off Trump in Greenland
To Europe’s growing list of troubles, add the Dunkelflaute.
It may sound like a tasty taco-pumpernickel fusion, but the Dunkelflaute is actually a German term for a weather phenomenon when dark clouds envelop northern Europe, blocking out the sun and even the wind. In other words, the kind of gloomy fall and winter conditions most non-Europeans associate…