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Drought driving Kenyans into conflict

  Dec. 9: Rising temperatures are creating desperate struggles over water and food in Kenya. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.

Fletcher: Kenyans battle for resources with guns and swords



Peru

Into thin air

  Pilgrims have journeyed to Peru's glacier pilgrimage for hundreds of years. Now the glacier's sacred ice is melting into thin air.

  In Peru, melting glaciers lead to water wars
Anne Thompson blogs
Bangladesh
Sinking below sea level

  Dec. 7: With the surrounding waters rising due to global warming, children in Bangladesh are being taught what has become a critical survival skill--the ability to swim.

Ian Williams blogs



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Saving the Bay

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Saving the Chesapeake Bay

  June 23: The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, is in critical condition.  After more than 30 years of rescue efforts, trailblazing work and hundreds of millions of tax dollars, the Bay's future remains anything but clear. In this first part of a multi-part series we kick off, NBC's Wendy Reiger says that despite good intentions, the Bay project still needs oxygen.

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