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'High risk' of severe water stresses in Asia by 2050
2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Some 1 billion people in Asia could be without water by 2050, according to new research. A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says there is a "high risk of severe water stress" across large patches of Asia, home to a big chunk of the world's population. The primary driver of this water stress will not necessarily be climate change, according to the study published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One. "We find that water needs related to socioeconomic...
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