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The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

The “Asian Water Tower” is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated farming regions. Glacier melt may temporarily soften the crisis around the 2060s, but without changes in water use, researchers expect depletion to accelerate afterward.

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Filipino Cacao Growers Learn to Live With a Hotter Climate

In “Chocolates Melting Away” — the First-Place Winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Breech Asher Harani explores how cacao growers in the Philippines are developing new techniques to…

  • Filipino cacao growers face hotter climate with droughts and floods.
  • Farmers use intercropping, waste-based fertilizers, and innovative irrigation.
  • Filmmaker Breech Asher Harani documents adaptation efforts and shares practices.

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