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January 31, 2008
Scientists Predict Global Water Shortages
Writing in Science Magazine, a group of prominent hydrologists and climatologists has predicted greater water supply problems world-wide due to climate change.
"Our best current estimates are that water availability will increase substantially in northern Eurasia, Alaska, Canada and some tropical regions, and decrease substantially in southern Europe, the Middle East, southern Africa and southwestern North America," said lead author Christopher Milly, a research hydrologist with the US Geological Survey.
"Historically, looking back at past observations has been a good way to estimate future conditions," Milly said. "But climate change magnifies the possibility that the future will bring droughts or floods you never saw in your old measurements."
"Even with aggressive mitigation, continued warming is very likely given the residence time of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the thermal inertia of the Earth system," according to the authors.
Rising sea levels will "heighten risk of contamination of coastal freshwater supplies" while a "poleward expansion of the subtropic dry zone" is reducing water runoff levels, as reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Posted by Stephen Betheil at January 31, 2008 02:32 PM
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