Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 Radiation leaks 57 Soil erosion 55 delicate ecosystems 54 frequent droughts 53 flimsy shacks 53 Large swathes 52 coastland 52 drylands 52 nesting seabirds 52 Spider mites 51 rampant deforestation 51 worsening droughts 51 locust infestation 51 overfishing pollution 51 Armyworms 51 severe droughts 51 desertification 50 arable land 50 grazing pastures 50 periodic droughts 50 floods cyclones 49 floods droughts 49 makeshift refugee camps 49 Devastating floods 49 Typhoon Damrey 49 nesting habitats 49 malaria cholera 49 isolated hamlets 49 groundwater depletion 48 Rapid urbanization 48 Melting glaciers 48 Heavy snows 48 torrential storms 48 scarcities 48 prolonged droughts 48 melting icecaps 48 Yunnan Guizhou 48 unleashed mudslides 48 deforesting 48 Indiscriminate shelling 48 salination 48 Damrey 48 Migrating birds 48 environmental degradation 48 triggering mudslides 48 Huge swaths 48 soy plantations 48 decaying vegetation 47 Illegal logging 47 Indonesia sprawling archipelago 47 Strong quake jolts 47 permafrost thaws 47 Tigris rivers 47 ecological degradation 47 Zambezi valley 47 freshwater ecosystems 47 pastoralist communities 47 Tropical Cyclone Sidr 47 intensively farmed 47 monsoon floods 47 Sumatra Aceh 47 karez 47 By Riva Froymovich 47 rapid urbanization 47 locust invasion 47 Drifting snow 47 droughts floods 47 Heavy snowfalls 47 Sudan strife torn 47 Drought stricken 47 salinization 47 heavily deforested 47 insurgent ambushes 47 freshwater marshes 47 Severe drought 47 Paved roads 47 Typhoon Krosa 47 soil salinity 46 Warming temperatures 46 Desertification 46 Typhoon Chanchu 46 wetland ecosystems 46 Typhoon Haitang 46 Drought worsens 46 Powerful typhoon 46 regions bordering 46 Mau forest 46 tinder dry brush 46 prolonged drought 46 Sea otters 46 Urban sprawl 46 migrating northward 46 arable lands 46 arid lands 46 combating desertification 46 densely crowded 46 grazing lands 46 river deltas 46 grindingly poor 46 By SUE LOWE 46 livelihoods