Monsoon is here and so are devastating floods in Assam and Bihar. In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks to water researcher Amitangshu Acharya on how our obsession with controlling rivers is leading to more floods.

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25: Assam and Bihar floods I In conversation with Amitangshu Acharya I How dams and embankments lead to floods |

Cities like Mumbai will be regularly submerged by 2050, and at around the same time, most of the Himalayan glaciers will vanish. The world will heat up by at least 4 degrees centigrade by 2100. Hosted by Mint's Climate Changer Tracker weekly-columnist, Bibek Bhattacharya (@sarvatathagata), Mint Climate Change Tracker is a podcast about such challenges posed by a rapidly warming planet. This is a Livemint production brought to you by HT smartcast.

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