#mekong — Public Fediverse posts
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Tra i flutti del Mar della Cina, i pescatori della loggia che si erge sui confini del tempo
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44817#tradizioni #pesca #luoghi #dalmondo #Vietnam #indocina #marcinesemeridionale #Mekong #delta #industria #cibo #gamberi #crostacei #reti #pali #capanne #mare #oceano #maree #onde #esperienze #lavoro #società #popoli
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Dangerous arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong mainstream for first time https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/dangerous-arsenic-levels-detected-in-thailands-mekong-mainstream-for-first-time/
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A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View
Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.
By Fred Pearce • April 9, 2026
Excerpt: "The other new study focused on the world’s #RiverDeltas. It has long been known that many #deltas are sinking under the influence of #Groundwater pumping. But as Robert Nicholls, climate adaptation researcher at the University of East Anglia, notes, 'There have been lots of different estimates.' Data were inconsistent and based on crude, delta-wide estimates. 'Now at last we have a consistent data set, with high spatial resolution.'
"That data comes from Leonard Ohenhen, an earth system scientist at the University of California, Irvine, who used satellite-mounted radar to produce 3D maps of subsidence on 40 of the world’s biggest and most populous river deltas. He has found that subsidence afflicts more than half those deltas. Most startlingly, in 18 cases subsidence rates exceed those of #RisingTides — hence, more than doubling the effective yearly rise in local sea levels, and in some cases multiplying it tenfold.
"This again puts tens of millions of people once thought safe from rising tides this century in imminent harm’s way, including those living on the deltas of the #Nile in #Egypt, the #Mekong in #Vietnam, the #Mahanadi in #India, and the #YellowRiver in #China. If the current rate of subsidence persists, these areas will be flooded much sooner than thought.
"Researchers say many deltas and other low-lying coastal areas not included in the two studies are at greater risk than believed and urgently require detailed investigation of both actual sea levels and the rate of land subsidence."
Read more:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence#SeaLevelRise #Subsidience #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevels #RiverDeltas #GroundwaterExtraction #BigWater
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Freedom for #LeonardPeltier, Arrest of #BuddhistMonks and #Amazon Lead Issues at U.N. Permanent Forum on #Indigenous Issues
- "The government of Vietnam is hypo-critical of the Declaration on the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples and undermines the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples in the #Mekong Delta of #SouthVietnam"
- "Years ago, when the #Yanomami stood up against the gold miners, and were murdered"
- "#HumanRights defenders are constantly harassed when educating the community about human rights."
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, April 22, 2024
NEW YORK -- "'Leonard Peltier should come home and be with his great grandson and teach him songs, and what he has left of his life should be spent at home,' Nathan Phillips, Omaha, Deer Clan, told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York on Monday, as the second week of the session began.
"'Leonard Peltier stood up for the people,' Phillips said, and asked the UN Permanent Forum to write a letter to Coleman Prison and ask for a compassionate release for Peltier. Phillips said Peltier is sick and 79 years old, and has spent more than 40 years in prison.
"'They really don't know who committed the crime that he's in there for, and now his eyesight is really bad. He might die in there, and that would be death by incarceration,' Phillips said.
"'The FBI admitted that they didn't know who did that, so they should let him go,' he said, adding 'the FBIs didn't have no business up there."
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https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/freedom-for-leonard-peltier-and-arrest.html -
"380 neue Tier- und #Pflanzenarten am #Mekong dokumentiert"
Mein Beileid geht an die 380 Tier- und #Pflanzenarten, die sich #Jahrtausende vor Menschen verstecken konnten. Irgendwann geht es einem halt an den Kragen. 🤪
