Scientists urge global action to preserve water supplies for billions worldwide

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 05:07 in Earth & Climate

Melting glaciers, weakening monsoon rains, less mountain snowpack and other effects of a warmer climate will lead to significant disruptions in the supply of water to highly populated regions of the world, especially near the Himalayas in Asia and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western United States, according to an international group of scientists who met for three days at the University of California, San Diego...

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