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Aug 15, 2019
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In July the Mekong River, the precious lifeline for four Southeast Asian countries and China’s Yunnan Province, fell to its lowest levels in 100 years, the victim of increasing climate change, agricultural runoff and a plethora of upstream dams that threaten its existence.

The rains have finally come, but the worst casualties of a tamed Mekong are due fo…

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