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Scientists Say Our Water Cycle Has Started Breaking Down
The whole world will feel the ripple effects as we get perilously low on fresh H2O
Think back to elementary school science class, and you’ll likely remember studying the water cycle—staring at an illustration filled with arrows forming an overall circular motion and annotated with words like evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation. While the American West certainly faces a litany of issues as the climate warms, the regions most impacted by this water shortage—at least, according to this report—will be northwestern Indian, northeastern China, and southern and eastern Europe. “The Chinese economy depends on sustainable forest management in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Baltic region,” Johan Rockström, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-chair of the commission, told The Guardian.
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