{"id":117556,"date":"2023-11-16T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fears-asias-mekong-river-is-in-crisis-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:00:10","slug":"fears-asias-mekong-river-is-in-crisis-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fears-asias-mekong-river-is-in-crisis-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears Asia&#8217;s Mekong River is in crisis &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7Nf93iRHZoU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fears Asia's Mekong River is in crisis - BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Nf93iRHZoU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Mekong River ecosystem is on the verge of collapse due to the accumulative effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Hydropower dams, drought and human-made activities such as deforestation and sand mining have also caused water levels to drop to their lowest in more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Mekong flows for nearly 5,000km (3,100 miles) from Himalayan glaciers in Tibet, through China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia before reaching the South China Sea in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, climate impact and dam restrictions are changing the way that the Mekong flows &#8211; much for the worse&quot;, says Brian Eyler who runs the Mekong Dam Monitor at the Stimson Center in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p> Please subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>#MekongRiver #SouthEastAsia #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mekong River ecosystem is on the verge of collapse due to the accumulative effects of climate change. Hydropower dams, drought and human-made activities such as deforestation and sand mining have also caused water levels to drop to their lowest in more than 60 years. 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