Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Study: Climate Change May Dry Up Important U.S. Reservoirs Like Lake Powell And Lake Mead

Study: Climate Change May Dry Up Important U.S. Reservoirs Like Lake Powell And Lake Mead: As climate change makes the regions of the West, Southwest, and Great Plains warmer and drier, water demand will continue to increase, and the combined effect will place an ever greater burden on the country’s fresh water supplies — possibly completely draining important reservoirs in those areas, under some scenarios. That’s according to a new [...]/p