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Water stress will rise in parts of Asia even as glaciers melt and rain pours

Northern India is among the regions facing shortages from climate change’s effects on mountain rivers.
Aerial view of a spiral-shaped road disappearing into brown flood waters. Treetops are visible above the water.

A highway in Wuhan, China, is flooded by the Yangtze River. Water shortages in the river’s basin are forecast to dwindle as the climate changes. Credit: AFP/Getty

By the end of this century, people living along the Indus and Ganges rivers will not have enough water for their needs, even though water flow into the rivers will be larger than it is now.

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Nature 589, 333 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00058-3

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