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Yale Environment 360: A conference of 500 of the world’s leading water scientists issued a stark declaration at the end of a four-day meeting in Germany, warning that within two generations a majority of the people on the planet will face problems obtaining ample supplies of clean water. At the meeting, “Water in the Anthropocene,” the scientists said that the of over-pumping of underground aquifers, soaring populations, pollution, the over-use of fertilizers, and climate change are seriously threatening supplies of freshwater......
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Majority of Earth’s Population Faces Water Shortages by Mid-Century
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 24th, 2013
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