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‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future

Inside a shrine overlooking snow-capped mountains, Hindu priests closed their eyes and chanted in Sanskrit, hoping their prayers would somehow turn back time and save their holy — and sinking — town.

Is building more dams the way to save rivers?

Is building more dams the way to save rivers?

As rivers either rage or fade from climate change-caused extreme weather, the debate is intensifying as to what role dams should or shouldn’t play in managing it.

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How the Mekong River is turning into a new flashpoint in Indo-Pacific

Experts view the South China Sea as the most probable area of conflict in Asia. Their attention now has also turned to the Mekong River, where the economic and environmental stakes are arguably much higher.
Promise or peril? Importing hydropower to fuel the clean energy transition
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Promise or peril? Importing hydropower to fuel the clean energy transition

U.S. states hope to tap Canada’s network of large dams to meet low-carbon goals, but do better options exist closer to home?
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Global warming and illegal land reclamation add to severe floods in China

This summer, tens of millions of people across China have been affected by torrential rains that caused floods and landslides and battered cities and villages in dozens of provinces.

Climate change threatens platypus extinction, study finds
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Climate change threatens platypus extinction, study finds

One of Australia’s most-loved mammals, the platypus, is being pushed towards the “brink of extinction” by climate threats and habitat destruction, researchers say.
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