John McPhee wrote the Salmon River in Arctic Alaska was the “purest water I have ever seen.”

Now it’s running orange with iron & acid like 75+ other “rusting rivers.”

Is permafrost thaw turning America’s biggest wilderness into acid mine drainage?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-alaskas-rivers-turning-orange/

By 2050 three out of every four people could be affected drought.

That's the deadliest & costliest natural disaster—but it doesn't have to be with prep like early warning systems & rainwater ponds, says a report at #COP28

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405887-world-must-prepare-for-frequent-and-severe-droughts-report-warns/