Aging dams: Nearly 12,000 small, rural dams were built across the United States with USDA funding, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. As climate change brings more intense storms, the question is whether to strengthen or tear down the aging structures. (Wisconsin Watch)
Global river flows slow: Amid record heat in 2023, global river flows were the lowest in the 33 years of data collected by a UN weather agency; the Mississippi, Amazon, Ganges, and Mekong river basins were among those affected. (Reuters)
Iowa seizes chicken farm: Under an emergency court order, the Iowa Department of Agriculture took over the feeding and care of 1.3 million broiler chickens owned by a company that declared bankruptcy and said it didn’t have the money to buy feed for the chickens. (Meat and Poultry)