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Water: How we treat our most precious resource

November 17, 2023

The Aral Sea was the world's fourth biggest lake. Now it's mostly desert. Despite Uganda's moves to outlaw certain plastics, Lake Victoria is full of trash. Divers are helping to clean it up. How green is hydropower? Can we solve our big dam problem?

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