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Global warming may cause extreme droughts in India, World Bank warns

2013-06-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Times of India: Global warming could lead to more extreme droughts in large parts of India, resulting in widespread food shortages and hardship in the country, in the next few decades, a new World Bank report warned today. The impact of a possible global temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius in the next few decades threatens to trap millions of people in poverty, according to the report. The soaring temperatures will also drive regular food shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa. Shifting rain patterns in South Asia...

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