“The Looming Crisis Over Water” – Climate Change Reading & Questions This reading is an expanded adaptation and synthesis of “The Looming Crisis Over Water” by Alice Albinia (National Geographic, July 2020), supplemented with peer-reviewed research. It explores the rapidly intensifying climate and water challenges in the Indus River Basin, one of the most crucial freshwater systems in Asia. The story integrates physical geography, climate science, political geography, and human impacts, giving