Asia's water balance

Abstract

The availability of water for human consumption and agriculture can no longer be taken for granted. Various facets of water stress at different spatial scales, such as groundwater depletion1,2, climate change and population increase3, and glacier and snow melt4,5, have been recognized as contributors to potential water scarcity. However, what matters for potential interventions is an integrated view of all contributions to water availability at the river-basin scale.