b/c #Switzerland is a landlocked country that relies heavily on cargo ships coming up major European rivers (like the #Rhine) to import bulk goods, severe low water levels can paralyze normal shipping logistics.

b/c #Switzerland is a landlocked country that relies heavily on cargo ships coming up major European rivers (like the #Rhine) to import bulk goods, severe low water levels can paralyze normal shipping logistics.
Cataloging is complete for the manuscript collection of the StiftsMuseum Xanten in Xanten, #Germany. In 1983, HMML microfilmed these 338 manuscripts and archival records, including #Maps by the prolific cartographer Johann Bücker of landholdings along the #Rhine.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hhpvLv
🌉 #BridgesThursday on the Left Rhine Camino: soon after leaving Cologne Cathedral, the route reaches the Rhine and the bridges that shape the city’s skyline.
🇩🇪 Unterwegs am Rhein auf dem Linksrheinischen Jakobsweg.
#LakeConstance #Rhine #Draught
The images coming in from Lake Constance are as alarming as they are impressive. This is the view from space 2 days vs. 2 years ago, when levels were more normal (no clouds is 2023).
That trickle in the lower left is the Rhine.
Source: #Copernicus Dataspace
Record low #Rhine flows are disrupting #InlandShipping in the Netherlands as shallow water prevents #Rijkswaterstaat survey vessels from measuring key navigation depths, leaving skippers to assess whether heavily constrained waterways remain safely navigable.
May I add some hashtags to connect the dots for other folks like, ... journalists and voters ... 😉
#Bodensee #Rhein #Rhine #Drought #Water
Excellent Interview with
@iceybethan.bsky.social and @matthias-huss.bsky.social by #DW (german public broadcaster)
The #Rhine at its lowest.
Der #Rhein am Tiefpunkt
#Ark #Noah #drought #climatechange #SeaLevel The Cartoon Movement Cartooning for Peace
Quelle: www.linkedin.com/posts/maarte...
Record low #Rhine water levels are squeezing inland shipping capacity, with #PortOfRotterdam reporting around 50% less freight to Rhine destinations as falling levels at #Kaub force vessels to reduce cargo loads and increase voyages.
To mark our 75th anniversary, for all our English-speaking friends in Europe and around the world, RIWA-Rijn is publishing its "Annual Report 2025 – The Rhine" this year in English as well! buff.ly/2flfFj8
#RIWARijn #Rhine #drinkingwater #waterquality #sourceprotection #OurRhine
⛪ The Apollinaris Church in Remagen on the Left Rhine Camino — a striking neo-Gothic landmark along one of Germany’s pilgrimage routes.
🇩🇪 Apollinariskirche in Remagen am Linksrheinischen Jakobsweg.
#Architecture #Church #CaminoDeSantiago #Pilgrimage #NeoGothic #Remagen #SacredArchitecture #Rhine
In case anyone wondered, the water in the #Rhine river is still super low. Only now a cargo #ship got stuck for two days: rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/... #ClimateChange #Heatwave #Drought #AllForgotten #NewNormal
Dutch river cruise stranded as #Rhine falls to new record levels
#Environment #Europe #Netherlands #Tourism #Travel
Dutch river cruise stranded as #Rhine falls to new record levels
#Environment #Europe #Netherlands #Tourism #Travel
View from the #Loreley rock down into the #Rhine valley. After a very dry summer the river's water levels are extremely low.
#photography #landscape #outdoor
📰 Munich, Berlin, Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr – Germany's three Olympic candidates
Munich, Berlin, or the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region?
Source: Deutsche Welle | Read story
💬 Key global update — what is your view on this?
#Fisherman seen yesterday at the banks of the #Rhine #river in #Duisburg
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #FilmGrain #Fishing #Angler #RiverBank #Minimalism #NegativeSpace #MoodyPhotography #QuietMoments #Monochrome