je.st
news
Water Shortage Seen Worsening From Climate Change in Potsdam Study
2013-10-08 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Water scarcity will increase around the world due to climate change, with more than 500 million people affected if mean global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), based on modeling studies by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, or PIK. An additional 8 percent of humankind may face new or worse water scarcity with 2 degrees warming, the target set by international climate negotiators, the German government-funded institute wrote in a news release today....
Tags: change
study
water
climate
Category:Electronics and Electrical