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Scientists declare future of California’s water supply

Posted by: Maven on May 17, 2009 at 8:10 am

From San Diego News Network:

Water flowing off the Sierra Nevada mountains, collecting in natural pools, stored in man-made reservoirs – it’s a refreshing picture until the water starts trickling through pipes to arid California communities, which will be one of the first regions of the world affected by global climate change, according to heavyweight scientists.

More than 65 scientists, academic leaders and policymakers from La Jolla to China and India gathered at UCSD for a three-day conference in early May to discuss the changing patterns of ice, snow and water in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Himalayan Asia that, in California, threatens to flood areas, heighten drought conditions and endanger fish stock.

The panelists issued a declaration summarizing their research in four sections: the problem, progress, conclusion and the future. The declaration will be presented at the Science and Technology in Society 2009 forum in Kyoto.

“Human society and the global environment will be able to exist together, but this will only be achieved on a region by region basis as we saw at this workshop,” states the declaration. “A major failure in any one region will have serious global consequences.”

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May 17, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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