The Associated Press | November 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Half the world’s population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday. Wong Poh Poh, a professor at the National University of Singapore, told a regional conference that global warming was disrupting water flow patterns and increasing [...]
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Experts: Half world faces water shortage by 2080
By Paul Stewart in November 19th 2008 No Comment »
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