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In response to water scarcity, agriculture in north-western Bangladesh is transitioning – but leaving landless communities behind.
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The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies
The Mekong Delta is sinking. Projections indicate that 90 per cent of this life-sustaining landform could disappear by 2100 due to human-driven factors such as groundwater pumping and sediment capture by dams, compounding the effects of sea-level rise.
With an aim to stabilise the groundwater table, Bangladesh declared 25 subdistricts of its northwestern part as water crisis zones in late 2025.
AI has epoch-making potential, but its data centres are being built on the thirst of those who already have the least, academics argue.
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