Still playing a bit of catch-up here. Lots to report, so let's dig in:
In the U.S., the state of Louisiana experienced unprecedented rainfall and widespread destructive flooding.
The historic drought in Southern California has caused a spate of catastrophic fires in and around the Los Angeles area.
Algae blooms in U.S. bodies of water are becoming all too common.
Farm fertilizer runoff is creating a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico the size of the state of Connecticut.
Permafrost below shallow Arctic lakes is thawing as a result of increasingly warmer winters.
Arctic sea ice may be reaching its lowest-ever levels and could become ice-free for the first time in 100,000 years.
In Syria, amid the on-going civil war and devastation, the embattled city of Aleppo has no running water.
In Iran, Lake Urmia has turned from a deep green to blood red due to algae and bacteria blooms.
In Africa, Lake Tanganyika fisheries are declining from overfishing and the effects of global warming.
Historic flooding in Paris threatened artworks in the Louvre and Orsay museums.
Let's leave it off here. Next time we'll look at some positive developments in the world of our planet's most precious resource.
Arctic sea ice may be reaching its lowest-ever levels and could become ice-free for the first time in 100,000 years.
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So depressing, it's hard to know how to respond. You know?
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