Scientists at the University of Birmingham are calling on drought researchers and managers
around the world to consider both human activity and natural phenomena in their battle to
preserve increasingly scarce global water supplies.
The experts say that severe droughts experienced recently in countries such as China, Brazil
and the United States can no longer be seen as purely natural hazards. Changes to the way people
use the water and the landscape contribute to extreme water shortages. Read More:
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Severe drought no longer caused just by nature |
Scientists at the University of Birmingham are calling on drought researchers and managers
around the world to consider both human activity and natural phenomena in their battle to
preserve increasingly scarce global water supplies.
The experts say that severe droughts experienced recently in countries such as China, Brazil
and the United States can no longer be seen as purely natural hazards. Changes to the way people
use the water and the landscape contribute to extreme water shortages. Read More:
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