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 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 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 ...

Wracked by droughts, floods and simmering tensions, Asia’s governments need a more co-ordinated approach to water crises.

Scientists who mapped where land and water have shifted were surprised to find that Earth has gained more land than it has lost since 1985.

Today is World Water Day. This marks another year when water gets less attention than oil, and the coming crisis becomes more severe. Through the Middle East and parts of America and Asia, water ...

The rapid urban expansion that has occurred across the whole of East-Southeast Asia in the last decade has been mapped by researchers for the first time.