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Goal to cap temperature rise will still leave hundreds of millions thirsty study

2013-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: A new study projects that hundreds of millions of people will soon live in regions at an increased risk of water scarcity, even if the average global temperature rise is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, the cap cited in several U.N. agreements. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the paper predicts that an additional 8 percent of the world's current population, or 486 million people, will be forced to cope with new or exacerbated water scarcity even if international agreements...

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