News Reports

• Research finds dry rivers a ‘major driver’ of climate change – Stuff.co.nz
• Rivers worldwide are running dry – here’s why and what we can do about it – The Conversation
• The world’s rivers are drying up in drought and heat. Here’s how 6 look from space – CNN
• The World’s Rivers, Canals and Reservoirs Are Turning to Dust: Waterways have dried to a trickle thanks to droughts and heat waves that owe their origins to climate change. – Bloomberg
• World’s major rivers ‘drying up’ – BBC

Colorado River

• As the River Runs Dry: The Southwest’s water crisis – AZ Central
• As water crisis worsens on Colorado River, an urgent call for Western states to ‘act now’ – Los Angeles Times
• Colorado River flow shrinks from climate crisis, risking ‘severe water shortages’ – The Guardian
• Colorado River is America’s most endangered; ranchers work to combat climate change – ABC News
• Colorado River is drying faster than we can imagine threatening over 40M people depending on it: Scientists – MEAWW
• Drought-Stricken Colorado River Basin Drying Up Quicker Than Thought – KVNF
• First-ever Colorado River water shortage is now almost certain, new projections show – CNN
• If the Colorado River keeps drying up, a century-old agreement to share the water could be threatened. No one is sure what happens next. – Colorado Public Radio
• Is the Colorado River Drying Up? – Newsweek
• Major US river that supplies water to 40million people is drying up – 7 states affected – Express.uk
• People — Not Just The Megadrought — Are Driving The West’s Water Crisis: The shrinking Colorado River is becoming an urgent water crisis for millions of people in the West. “The question is, how intense does that crisis get?” one river scientist said. – BuzzFeed
• St. George, Utah, America’s fastest growing metro, fears water will run out – The Washington Post
• ‘The brink of disaster’: 2023 is a critical year for the Colorado River as reservoirs sink toward ‘dead pool’ – CNN
• The Colorado River is drying up — but basin states have ‘no plan’ on how to cut water use – Colorado Public Radio
• The Colorado River: a lifeline running dry – VIDEO – Al Jazeera

Water Cuts

• A New Round of Colorado River Cuts Is Announced: For now, the water-use reductions affect only Arizona and Nevada, together with Mexico. But talks to avoid wider cuts have so far achieved “exactly nothing.”   – The New York Times
• Colorado River states need to drastically cut down their water usage ASAP, or the federal government will step in – Colorado Public Radio
• First-ever water cuts declared for Colorado River in historic drought – Drought
• In a First, U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, Forcing Water Cuts – The New York Times.
• Northern Arizona may see drinking water cutoff as Lake Powell continues to dry up – 12news.com
• The Colorado River is drying up faster than federal officials can keep track. Mandatory water cuts are looming. – The Colorado Sun
• US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’ – The Guardian

TV Specials

Data

• Lower Colorado River Operations – Lower Colorado Region – Bureau of Reclamation

Mississippi River

• Before and after: See how the Mississippi River and its tributaries have dropped to record lows – CNN
• Drought’s impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture – PBS NewsHou
• Is the Mississippi River Drying Up From Drought? – Newsweek
• Mississippi River Drought Impacting Illinois Farmers – VIDEO – PBS – Chicago Tonight
• Mississippi River Shipwreck Exposed by Drought as Water Levels Plummet – Newsweek

Shipping

• Barges idling along Mississippi River sign of supply chain woes to come should drought worsen: Experts – ABC News

Rio Grande

• The Rio Grande Is Dying. Does Anyone Care? – The New York Times

Asia

China

• China drought causes Yangtze to dry up, sparking shortage of hydropower – The Guardian

Europe

• Europe may have to live with the fact its great rivers are drying up – Canada’s National Observer
• It’s not just the Colorado River drying up. It’s the Rhine, the Volga, the Danube … – AZ Central
• The Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Could Be the New Normal – WIRED
• World’s rivers drying up; Europe warned of worst drought in 5 centuries – The Federal

Loire River

Po River

Thames River

• Beached! Boats are grounded and the Thames is nowhere to be seen as river is drained in annual maintenance ‘draw off’ – Daily Mail
• Conservationists urge action as the headwaters of the River Thames vanish – PBS NewsHour
• In Scorched UK, Source of River Thames Dries Up – VOA
• London’s River Thames has shrunk in extreme heat and looming drought – CNN
• Source of River Thames dries out ‘for first time’ during drought – The Guardian
• Source of Britain’s River Thames driest ever as drought nears – Reuters
• Start Of England’s River Thames Dries Up For First Time—Latest Iconic Waterway Hit By Droughts And Heat Waves – Forbes
• River Thames: Gloucestershire drought is a warning, experts say – BBC News
• Rivers drying up as drought fears grow – The Times
• The U.K. is so hot and dry, the source of the River Thames has dried up – CBS News
• UK river levels already at record lows forecast to be ‘devastated’ by dry spring  – The Guardian

Rhine River

• River Rhine dries up as heatwave in Europe continues – Metro News
• River Rhine dries up during European heat wave – New York Post

Venice Canals

Middle East

Euphrates River

Jordan River

• Biblical Waters- Can the Jordan River Be Saved? – National Geographic
• Environmentalists warn Jordan River drying up – Daily Herald
• Environmentalists warn Jordan River drying up, filled with sewage – Fox News
• Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – it’s time to share the water – The Conversation

• Israel is Hoarding the Jordan River: Israel controls more water than Jordan and the Palestinians combined, and more than double its entitlement when measured against the principles of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention. – The Wire

• Jordan River: Drying Up? Environmentalists are warning that the legendary Jordan River is drying up – fast – partly due to misguided efforts to save it.- 7 Israel National News
• Jordan River, believed Jesus’ baptism site, drying up – FOX 8
• Jordan River drying up amid finance impasse – Y Net News
• Jordan river may dry up: The Jordan river, where Christians believe Jesus was baptised, is heavily polluted with sewage and is in danger of drying up after decades of conflict and intense agricultural use, environmentalists say – Al Jazeera
• Jordan River, Site of Jesus’ Baptism, Could Dry Up – Seeker
• Jordan River’s holy water is slowly drying up – ABC Radio
• Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future – The New York Times
• River Jordan ‘nearly running dry’ – BBC