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They're 'world champions' of banishing water. Now, the Dutch need to keep it

As climate change dries out Europe, the Netherlands, a country long shaped by its overabundance of water, is suddenly confronting drought.

Low water levels disrupt European river cruises, a favorite of U.S. tourists

One of Europe’s worst droughts in decades has left the water level of parts of the Rhine and the Danube Rivers too low for ships to pass, paralyzing commerce and causing disruptions for companies that transport goods and commodities like oil and coal.

Kurt Cobb: Europe's disappearing rivers illustrate multiple converging catastrophes

We no longer have the luxury of facing one catastrophe at a time. And the underlying cause is our slavish devotion to perpetual growth.
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