Thursday, April 12, 2007

Warming Could Spark Water Scramble

Warming could spark water scramble: experts (Reuters)

Cattle stand near a watering trough on a drought-affected ranch on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in Red Scaffold, South Dakota in this file photo from August 7, 2006. The drought has killed crops, left ideal conditions for wildfires, forced ranchers to sell cattle and has evoked memories of the Dust Bowl disaster in the 1930s. Climate change could diminish North American water supplies and trigger disputes between the United States and Canada over water reserves already stressed by industry and agriculture, U.N. experts said on Wednesday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Reuters - Climate change could diminish North American water supplies and trigger disputes between the United States and Canada over water reserves already stressed by industry and agriculture, U.N. experts said on Wednesday.


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