The battles of yesterday were fought over land. Those of today are over energy. And the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is the danger greater than in Asia. Drought, urbanization, ...

Central Asia’s land, water, and ecosystems face extreme pressure from farming, population growth, and pollution.

The battles of yesterday were fought over land. Those of today are over energy. And the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is the danger greater than in Asia. Drought, urbanization, ...

Central Asia’s worsening water crisis risks regional instability, but also creates a rare opening for the US to engage diplomatically, support infrastructure, and counter rival powers through ...

The study examined risk to soil, the atmosphere, and surface and ground water. The map also revealed Asia houses the largest land areas at high risk of pollution, with China, Japan, Malaysia, and ...

A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint and biosphere integrity. The study, led by Prof. Duan Weili from the ...

MAP OF THE DAY: The World Water Crisis. 2011-03-22T13:22:00Z Share. Facebook Email X ... Through the Middle East and parts of America and Asia, water is a physical scarcity.

As the contradictions of Asia’s water challenges have been laid bare this summer—with millions affected by flooding while others are hit by droughts—one thing has been made clearer: the ...

The results, shown in the map above, revealed that between 1985 and 2015 around 173,000 square kilometers (67,000 square miles) of water were transformed into land and 115,000 square kilometers ...

Soil and water rely on each other, and that’s critical to feed a hungry world. In the Asia-Pacific region, some 90 percent of our freshwater is consumed in agricultural activities alone, considerably ...

Scientists map 'unprecedented' urbanization in East-Southeast Asia. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 03 / 150330141127.htm ...