● Falling water levels in the Panama Canal are spurring million-dollar auctions amongst shipping companies desperate to send their tankers through the trade route.
● An aquifer in California drained so quickly during the 2020-2022 drought that it permanently lost the ability to hold water.
● Experts fear global grain shortages as Ukraine and Russia continue to target major crop export ports on the drying Danube River and Black Sea.
● Invasive carp were found in an Illinois River just 80 miles away from Lake Michigan, the nearest discovery of its kind since monitoring efforts began in 2010.
