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Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in Asia by mid-century

A total collapse of water supply for central Asia and Afghanistan and a near-total collapse for northern India, Jammu &

Evaporative water loss across the world’s lakes, reservoirs and large water bodies in the wake of climate change has been

Four key climate change indicators have set new records in 2021 with extreme weather leading to hundreds of billions of

With exploration of extreme rainfall patterns becoming an issue of global societal importance, a group of researchers in Germany have

An increase in wintertime temperatures in the Himalayas is leading to erosion of glacial areas and could cause water shortages

The Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa rivers linking project, kickstarting the ambitious and larger

Underlining the lack of preparedness to tackle floods, a Parliamentary standing committee on water resources has recommended setting up of

Several Indian coastal cities including Mumbai, Chennai, Mangalore, Kochi and Visakhapatnam could get submerged by rising sea levels, a new

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had some unwarranted but welcome affect on the Himalayas. The lockdown induced in the wake

India’s much-awaited river interlinking programme is finally going to take off with a historic memorandum of agreement (MoA) slated to