India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects a region increasingly vulnerable to climate change
Water treaties should be rewritten to factor in climate change and new geopolitical realities.
Mehebub Sahana, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geography, University of Manchester •
conversation
May 9, 2025 • ~8 min
May 9, 2025 • ~8 min
Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm
Insects are often under pressure from several threats at once, from pesticides to habitat loss to pollution.
Eliza Grames, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York •
conversation
May 8, 2025 • ~8 min
May 8, 2025 • ~8 min
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality
There are elements of these ancient, distant George Lucas stories that might seem like science fiction but are, in fact, science reality.
William Schonberg, Professor of Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology •
conversation
May 1, 2025 • ~6 min
May 1, 2025 • ~6 min
India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty
The suspension of a 1960 treaty between India and Pakistan has huge ramifications.
Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Associate Professor in the International Relations of South Asia, University of Oxford •
conversation
April 25, 2025 • ~8 min
April 25, 2025 • ~8 min
Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support
India has said it would suspend crucial treaty governing river flows in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan has said any disruption to water supply would be ‘an act of war.’
Fazlul Haq, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University •
conversation
April 25, 2025 • ~13 min
April 25, 2025 • ~13 min
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