Thousands of dead pigs continue to choke the waterways of China, as officials suspect pig farmers are dumping animals killed by a fast-moving virus. As many as 12,000 rotting porkers are fouling one of China's main rivers, the Shiangpu. Locals ar...

Due to lax regulations, factories across China have dumped toxic waste and chemicals into local rivers and lakes for years. Villages downstream have seen an explosion in cancer rates in recent years. State-run CCTV News reports on measures that th...

A side effect of rapid industrialization and few regulations, China's rivers are often treated as little more than sewers. But as LinkAsia contributor Mark Dreyer reports, an online campaign to clean up the country's water is gathering steam.

Peru is now the world's chief exporter of asparagus but the thirsty cash crop is sucking parts of the country dry. Aquifers are being drained at an alarming rate, leaving ordinary Peruvians facing water shortages and threatening to make farming im...

From the video: Meeting Tomorrow's Food Needs

From the video: Mosaic News - 10/02/12

Before it struck the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane, Isaac blew through southern Haiti, leaving at least two dozen dead and concerns the rains it brought could lead to an uptick in cholera cases. Medicins Sans Frontieres says it will be difficult t...

The informal settlement of Saft el Laban in Giza has become used to a lack of running water. For the last year they have only had two of hours of clean water coming out of their taps each day, but recently the situation has become even worse. Fo...

Major drought conditions are sweeping east Asia, hitting China and South Korea particularly hard. As South Korean broadcaster MBC reports, the water shortage in South Jeolla Province is pitting farmers against the owners of a local golf course.

From the video: Mosaic News - 01/24/12