Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

In 1947, the end of British rule on the Indian subcontinent saw the emergence of what would eventually become three new ...

China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...

The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.