As sea levels rise, increasing amounts of salt water are leaking into freshwater supplies worldwide.
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Land subsidence is a factor as preparations are made for rising sea levels and strengthening storms. Human infrastructure, including buildings and groundwater extraction, increases vulnerabilities.
Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.
The world’s coastal deltas are home to hundreds of thousands of people – but they’re now under threat.
As the war between Hamas and Israel grinds forward, two experts explain how Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated to tackle their region’s water challenges.
When we talk about landslides we need to talk about social justice.
Sinking land plus rising seas are putting hundreds of millions of people at risk.
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta will face escalating flood costs by 2050.
Sea levels are rising, while deltas are being starved of sediment by upstream dams.
Delta cities in both rich and poor countries face uphill, and potentially costly, battle in containing risk from flooding.
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