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Angela Symons

‘Speckles of hope’: What we learned from cycling the length of the drought-hit Danube

Cycling the Danube from source to sea, Anna and Callum were mid-trip when the river suddenly hit the headlines.

On 3 August, as drought worsened, authorities were forced to use a controlled explosion to redirect water towards Romania’s only nuclear power plant, which supplies 20 per cent of the country’s electricity and relies on the river for cooling.

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