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As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbers of women with serious health problems including pre-eclampsiaPhotographs by Farzana HossenIn the small, crowded ward of the Upazila Health …
Read MoreIn rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, trenches and dams to revive their farmlandThe villagers of Surajpura have built a wall: a 15ft (4.5 metre) mud bulwark that snakes through barren…
Read MoreConservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decadeSetting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one …
Read MoreThe south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will struggle to protect its people, a report warns As far back as she can remember, Shahanaz Ali has been running from cyclones. “Moving constantly f…
Read MoreAs tourists cancel trips to Gulmarg amid an unprecedentedly warm season, thousands of Kashmiris who rely on snowfall face ruinAs evening draws near, Bashir Ahmad Bhat is still waiting for his first customer of the day. Seven years ago, Bhat, 34, gave u…
Read MoreScientists say sea level rises, flooding and extreme weather will accelerate release of arsenic into water supplyClimate breakdown will put tens of millions of people in Bangladesh at heightened risk of cancer from contaminated well water, according to…
Read MoreThe report Our Land and Water looks at how waterways are polluted by four major contaminants in 650,000 river segments, 961 lakes and 419 estuariesA new study of New Zealand’s freshwater quality has painted a sobering picture, showing that E coli is se…
Read MorePublic urged to use water sparingly on Koh Samui, as authorities say they don’t want it to become ‘a disaster zone’Authorities on Koh Samui are working to tackle a water shortage that has left taps running dry often for months, saying they do not want …
Read MoreEcologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recoverAs David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, the s…
Read MorePeople rush to stockpile bottled water amid emergency measures at reservoirs after record droughtA wave of panic buying has swept Shanghai in recent days, as rumours swirled of drinking water shortages despite assurances from local authorities that sup…
Read MoreAverage temperature in August was 1.2C higher than norm, which caused widespread droughtChina recorded its highest temperatures and one of its lowest levels of rainfall in 61 years during a two-month summer heatwave that caused forest fires, damaged cr…
Read MoreForest fires, droughts and heatwaves across the country is forcing provinces to reduce power consumptionThere were still some streetlights on the Bund, one of the main roads in central Shanghai. But the decorative lights which light up the city skyline…
Read MoreNationwide alert issued with south-west especially badly hit, as major companies forced to suspend workA record-breaking drought has caused some rivers in China – including parts of the Yangtze – to dry up, affecting hydropower, halting shipping, and f…
Read MoreCollaboration between national water agency and craft brewer described as ‘highly quaffable’ It is a beer made with only the finest ingredients: premium German barley malts, aromatic Citra and Calypso hops, farmhouse yeast from Norway – and reclaimed …
Read MoreResidents of Pir Koh say poor water provision and a dirty water tank led to 26 deaths, the majority among children under sevenTwo weeks ago, Ruqiyya Bibi fell sick. The two-year-old was vomiting constantly; her father, Mohammed Iqbal, took her to a bas…
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