Ashley Cooper / Bridge to cross river which has dried up during the drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Boat launching ramp high above the water levels during the drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Lake Mulwala at Yarrawonga was created when the Murray River was dammed to provide irrigation water for surrounding farmland. The drought which lasted between 1996-2011 meant that the trees that were...

Ashley Cooper / Red Gum trees are iconic Australian trees that grow along the banks of the Murray River. They rely on a regular flood cycle to survive. The unprecedented drought of the last 15 years has lead to low r...

Ashley Cooper / Red gum trees (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) growing along the banks of the Murray River. During the drought 1996-2011 75% of the Red gums are either dead or dying. Victoria, Austria, February.

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river is in Inner Mongolia during severe drought, Inner Mongolia, China, March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river in Shanxi province during drought, China, March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river is in Shanxi province, taken during sever drought, Northern China, March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Empty hydro canal during severe drought. This canal usually takes water to a hydro plant as part of the Tule River hydro system, California, USA, October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Well in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. In recent years, rainfall totals have reduced by around 75% as a result of climate change. This has led to many Berber villagers abandoning t...

Ashley Cooper / Well next to a dried up river bed in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. April 2012. In recent years, rainfall totals have reduced by around 75% as a result of climate change

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river bed in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. April 2012. In recent years, rainfall totals have reduced by around 75% as a result of climate change.

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river bed in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. April 2012. In recent years, rainfall totals have reduced by around 75% as a result of climate change.

Ashley Cooper / Dried up river bed in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. April 2012. In recent years, rainfall totals have reduced by around 75% as a result of climate change.

Daniel Heuclin / Man catching African lungfish (Protopterus annectens annectens) buried in mud of dried river bed, Togo.

Daniel Heuclin / Man catching African lungfish (Protopterus annectens annectens) buried in mud of dried river bed, Togo.

Daniel Heuclin / West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens annectens) buried in mud of dried river bed, Togo.

Daniel Heuclin / Man catching African lungfish (Protopterus annectens annectens) buried in mud of dried river bed, Togo.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Dried up mud in the Rio Tinto - Red River, Sierra Morena, Gulf of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. January 2017.

Naskrecki & Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) hunting Sharpooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in the dried up Mussicadzi River. In the background a bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) drinks at another small...

Jen Guyton / Great egret (Ardea alba), yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), a marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), and a little egret (Egretta garzetta) all share a small patch of hunting ground during dry sea...

Naskrecki & Guyton / Nile monitor lizards (Varanus niloticus) hunting giant Sharpooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in dried up puddle of the Mussicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Mark Taylor / Mud balls in dried up river bed. Altyn Emel National Park. Kazakhstan.

David Woodfall / Dried up river bed with heat stressed trees, Madyha Pradesh, India, November 2008

David Woodfall / Dried up river bed with heat stressed trees, Madyha Pradesh, India, November 2008

Jose B. Ruiz / Dried up river bed with bridge and Coria Cathedral, Caceres, Spain

Graham Eaton / River Alyn dried up during the summer, Clwyd, Wales, UK, 2007. The River dissapears underground during dry summers, Mold, Clwyd, Wales, UK, May 2007

Anup Shah / Topi {Damaliscus lunatus} dead animal in dried up remains of river during dry season, Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Adrian Davies / Dried up river bed, Drought of 2006, Sussex, UK

Richard Du Toit / Hoarusib river, dried up, Skeleton coast NP, Namibia

Mary McDonald / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking down dusty, dry riverbank, Ewaso Ngiro River, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.

David Noton / Person standing on Pont Julien, a Roman stone arch bridge dating from 3 BC over the Calavon river, completely dry due to severe drought, Vaucluse, Provence, France. September, 2022.

Denis-Huot / Aerial view of dried up river. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Dried up river bed covered in African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dung. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.