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EurekAlert: More than 1 in 3 counties in the United States could face a "high" or "extreme" risk of water shortages due to climate change by the middle of the 21st century, according to a new study in ACS's Journal of Environmental Science & Technology. The new report concluded that 7 in 10 of the more than 3,100 U.S. counties could face "some" risk of shortages of fresh water for drinking, farming and other uses. It includes maps that identify the counties at risk of shortages.
In the analysis, Sujoy B.......
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Climate change may increase risk of water shortages in hundreds of US counties by 2050
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 15th, 2012
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