“The challenges we are seeing today are unlike anything we have seen in our history,” Commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, Camille Touton said at a recent senate hearing. Touton said hotter temperatures driven by climate change have led to less water reaching Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the country, both of which recently hit their lowest levels on record.

"Ordinarily, a backpack is something that you take off if you're getting too hot. The NASA-inspired Honu, however, is claimed to actually make its user feel up to a total of 20º F (11º C) cooler than if they weren't wearing a pack at all."