Study Reveals Climate Change - Not Population Growth - Plays the Main Role in Predicting Extreme Droughts
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
Common belief states that the dominant factor determining water scarcity in the next few decades will be population growth. However, according to a new study by Stony Brook University, it's climate change -- not population growth - that plays the main role in predicting future exposure to extreme droughts.