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U.S. faces era of water scarcity
Just as diminishing supplies of oil and natural gas are wrenching the economy and producing changes in lifestyles built on the principle of plenty, states and communities across the country are confronting another significant impediment to the American way of life: increased competition for scarce water.
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China, Tibet, and the strategic power of water
The Tibetan Plateau's vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia's most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as a issue in the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet, scientists and experts say, according to a new report by Circle of Blue published Thursday.
"At least 500 million people in Asia and 250 million people in China are at risk from declining glacial flows on the Tibetan Plateau," said Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, in an interview with Circle of Blue. "This is one of the great concerns - a staggering number of people will be affected in the near future. There aren't too many researchers who have looked at this water situation and its far-reaching impacts."
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Circle of Blue | WaterNews
Recently, we launched the Circle of Blue news desk, WaterNews. It's the logical daily extension of our long-form journalistic and scientific coverage of the global water crisis and its solutions, in collaboration with the Pacific Institute. As it expands, WaterNews will serve as the go-to source for comprehensive, compelling and thought-provoking freshwater coverage, including original reporting on emerging trends and personal perspectives that are engaging, enlightening and timely.
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Visit WaterNews for the latest in daily news, original reporting, research and opinion on water issues around the world. Hundreds of billions of investment dollars are entering the water sector, from supporting delivery of safe water to communities in rural Africa to fixing decaying infrastructure systems in the Great Lakes. Yet many of these decisions are being made without adequate information, from the rote numbers to cultural and social impacts. That's our mission at Circle of Blue: to provide critical, timely, actionable data and reporting on the global water crisis. To present it in accessible, compelling formats to large, diverse audiences. It's an unprecedented, unified approach - great journalism, solid science, and innovative communications.
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