Environment in Groningen 22 indicators covering environment for Groningen. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.8 Percentage change 2025 down 307.1% 920th Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.12 Percentage change 2025 down 332.9% 2436th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.99 Percentage change 2025 down 343.8% 2300th Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.7084 Percentage change 2024 down 37.8% 73rd Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.71 Percentage change 2024 up 336.9% 68th Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.02 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2024 down 33.3% 697th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 7.86 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 2.8% 601st Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications 33.7 Patents 2022 up 2.7% 270th Road, rail and navigable inland waterways networks by NUTS 2 region 503 Kilometre 2017 up 2.9% 22nd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 24.93 Degrees celsius 2024 down 15.6% 1237th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 2.17 Degrees celsius 2024 down 4.2% 1199th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 17.24 Degrees celsius 2024 down 7.8% 1195th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 13.01 Degrees celsius 2024 down 0.3% 1149th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -0.711 Degrees celsius 2024 up 72.9% 813th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 7.01 Degrees celsius 2024 up 34.9% 903rd Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM10 35.26 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 796th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM2.5 24.36 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 801st Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 96.67 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 377th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 33.05 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 643rd Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 735.7 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.1% 479th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 76.57 Square kilometres 2022 up 50.2% 630th Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 63.76 Square kilometres 2022 up 11.3% 552nd