Rivers of Drought Imperil Industrial Economies

Drought threatens commerce across the Northern Hemisphere

A formerly sunken boat sits on cracked earth hundreds of feet from the shoreline of Lake Mead, at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on May 10, 2022, near Boulder City, Nev. John Locher/AP

Commentary

The River of Doubt, Rio da Duvida, now known as the Roosevelt River, is a tributary of the Aripuanã River, which, in turn, via the Madeira River, flows into the Amazon. It nearly killed Theodore Roosevelt after he was the first white man to explore it following his loss during the 1912 presidential election. It’s a treacherous river, rarely traveled, and unforgiving.