With climate change comes many negative consequences, including drought.
Summer 2022 has been particularly dry for some regions.
As waters of rivers and reservoirs recede, long obscured archeological and historical treasures areemerging.
The stunning Yangtze River in China. (Photo: Chen Hualin viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 3.0)
The island reef was constructed sometime in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
One of the three statues depicts a monk calmly meditating on a lotus petal.Lotusesare important Buddhist symbols.
These water-growing plants represent the journey towards enlightenment or spiritual awakening.
These stunning statues had long been submerged underneath the magnificent, winding Yangtze River.
The Yangtze’s water level has fallen rapidly as the heat surged with temperatures reaching 104F.
China as a country is experiencing itsworst drought on record.
The stunning Yangtze River in China.
