Water scarcity 'now bigger threat than financial crisis'

by 2030 more than half the world's population will live in high-risk areas

the earth- a blue-green oasis in the limitless balck deser of space - -has a finite stock of water. there is precisely the same amount of it on the planet as there was in the age of dinosaurs.... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia L'Herrou - Mar 18, 2009 - 5:43 AM PDT
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Edited by: Patricia L'Herrou - Mar 18, 2009 - 5:43 AM PDT
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Mar. 19, 2009

a major catastrophic warning to be given at the world economic forum meeting in istanbul. this isn't an issue at all in the forefront of news in this country at this time, although it clearly needs to be. i look forward to reading more and particularly how or if nations are planning to respond to this.

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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 19, 2009

The article provides the warnings from two reports. Scientific pier evaluation is not provided of the data, but the two reports coincide and anecdotal data seems to confirm the warnings.

The aspect that global climate change and water shortages have in common is that the human population is too large for the planet to sustain. Water conservation is only a short term amelioration; populations must be reduced.

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