Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them
- Written by Jonathan Tonkin, Professor of Ecology and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury
Rao Guojun/Getty ImagesIn the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up.
The impacts for hydropower, shipping and industry in China were severe, immediate and well-documented. Less visible were the ecological consequences for the many species that depend on...





