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The world’s rivers are drying up from extreme weather. See how 6 look from space.
Natalie Croker, Renée Rigdon, Judson Jones, Carlotta Dotto and Angela Dewan
The contrast in these rivers between 2021 and 2022 is alarming and starkly illustrates the growing effects of climate change.
Europe’s drought on course to be worst for 500 years, European Union agency warns
Sky News
This year is set to be even worse than in 2018, when unusually favourable conditions in some parts of the bloc protected it from drought elsewhere, and the worst since the sixteenth century, a senior scientist working on the European Commission’s drought data warns.
The Lost River: Mexicans fight for mighty waterway taken by the US
Nina Lakhani, The Guardian
The Colorado traverses seven US states, watering cities and farmland. Before reaching Mexico, the river is dammed at the border, and on the other side the river channel is empty. Locals are now battling to bring it back to life.
