Pictured is the Dunk River in central P.E.I., fed in part by its major tributary, the Southwest Brook. Provincial officials are monitoring the brook closely to see if water levels are approaching the ...

Severe droughts across Europe are debilitating major shipping routes and pushing up costs for everyday goods as water levels plummet on critical waterways, according to reporting in The Guardian.

Water levels in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are likely to reach critically low stages soon, forcing shippers to light-load harvest-season grain barges for the fourth year in a row.

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to some of the lowest water levels ever recorded. The decline has alarmed water experts, environmental scientists, and officials ...