Asia's current water crisis could worsen to severe water shortages by 2050, found a study published by MIT. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examined how climate change will affect rainfall patterns across Asia over the next two decades. In the coming years, water scarcity is likely to become Asia’s defining crisis, creating obstacles in its path of continued rapid economic growth and stoking new inter-country tensions. China's control of upstream dams could damage the economies of mainland Southeast Asia and Central Asia which depend on freshwater and nutrient-rich silt.
Asia's current water crisis could worsen to severe water shortages by 2050, found a study published by MIT. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examined how climate change will affect rainfall patterns across Asia over the next two decades. China's control of upstream dams could damage the economies of mainland Southeast Asia and Central Asia which depend on freshwater and nutrient-rich silt.