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Climate change puts 40% more people at risk of absolute water scarcity, study says

2013-12-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Water scarcity impacts people's lives in many countries already today. Future population growth will increase the demand for freshwater even further. Yet in addition to this, on the supply side, water resources will be affected by projected changes in rainfall and evaporation. Climate change due to unabated greenhouse-gas emissions within our century is likely to put 40 percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity than would be without climate change, a new study shows by using an unprecedented...

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