Rivers worldwide are drying up and risking the global food supply

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

🌊 Rivers worldwide are drying up and risking the global food supply.

From the Mississippi River to China’s largest hydro-power plant on the Yangtze River, droughts are affecting how the supply chain is moving along. Heatwaves from Germany to California have shrunk reservoirs and forced utilities relying on hydropower to reconsider its reliability as a green energy resource. Unfortunately, hydropower is recognized as one of the few renewable energies that are globally available.

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