In contrast, formal water-sharing agreements are in place in South Asia for the Indus River. The Indus and its five tributaries together form the Indus basin, spanning four countries and sustaining a ...

Covering an area of more than 1,000 square miles, Cambodia’s Tonle Sap is Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. For the communities who have ...

The Indus is the longest river in South Asia, spanning over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles). It includes a complex system of tributaries that flows from Tibet, through divided Kashmir, and into ...

Flooding from annual monsoon rains is common in South Asia but the climate crisis has turbocharged extreme weather events across the region, scientists say, with prolonged and intense heat waves ...

A blanket of thick smog has settled over swaths of South Asia. One of the hardest-hit areas is the Indian capital Delhi and the surrounding region, which is home to an estimated 34 million people.