This summer (2026), the Danube fell to 23 centimeters at Budapest — below the previous record low, set in 2018, by ten centimeters. Cruise ships anchored far upriver. Cargo stopped. Shipwrecks and sandbars that hadn’t seen daylight in a generation came up out of the water. And yet we go on – oblivious to the conditions which will upend everything.
So what can be done? Here’s a free app we just built, a field guide and self-assessment for eight structural changes that actually restore a river’s resilience — grounded in real basin-recovery cases, built for practitioners, planners, and basin authorities.
Try it. And please share it.