The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and ...

Warming of 1.5 °C is often portrayed as a “safe” limit but the consequences of climate change don’t distribute themselves evenly around the world. For some regions even 1.5 °C of warming will have ...

A study in the May 6th issue of Nature indicates the increase in rainfall forecast by global climate models is likely to hasten the release of carbon dioxide from tropical soils, further intensifying ...

When Anthony Acciavatti graduated college in 2004, he set an ambitious goal for himself: map the entire Ganges River Basin.The Ganges River flows from ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

India is crisscrossed by hundreds of large and small rivers that have played a defining role in shaping the country’s identity, culture, tourism, and economy. Far more than mere water channels, these ...