Xinhua: Climate change will make water less available to produce food crops in years to come, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report issued Thursday.
River runoff and aquifer recharges will decrease in the Mediterranean, the Americas, Australia and southern Africa, it said.
Areas in Asia which depend on the melting of ice and mountain glaciers will also be affected, while areas with a lot of fluvial deltas are threatened by reduced water flow, increased salinity......
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Climate change to reduce water availability, FAO warns
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 10th, 2011
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