Millimeter by millimeter the sea has been creeping up. These Senegalese villagers—allowed home for the first time in 30 years—are feeling the change all at once.
Farming communities in the shadow of Sulawesi’s giant Pomalaa nickel mining area say their fields have been flooded with red water, possibly laterite waste from the mining operations.
Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
policymakers have grappled over how to gird the country's most important agricultural region against the effects of rising seas and upstream dam building.
The Thai government has asked farmers in 22 provinces to not grow off-season rice, as the country braced for a dry spell amid low water levels in main reservoirs.
