Two giant dams changed Europe’s second-longest river. Decades later, scientists found the Danube Delta was being starved of sediment
The Danube does not arrive at the Black Sea as it once did. For thousands of years, the river carried enormous quantities of sediment towards its delta, steadily building and reshaping the low-lying landscape where river channels meet lagoons and the…
Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops
Romania shut down its only nuclear plant on Thursday, in a rare move due to drought that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows. Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops Much of Europe is facing a new summer…
Danube River reveals Nazi warships hidden underwater for 80 years: Record-low water levels are exposing the World War II wrecks near Serbia
Wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged from the Danube river. Image Credit: Darko Vojinovic/AP The Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of Nazi-era warships that have spent more than eight decades…
Hungary shut its only nuclear plant for the first time in 44 years after the Danube fell too low to cool its reactors; nearly half its electricity supply is now affected
The Paks Nuclear Power Plant was forced to reduce capacity and is expected to shut down completely due to the drought affecting the Danube Hungary has ordered a complete shutdown of its only nuclear power plant after the Danube River fell to record-low…