Science Daily Reports on Water Stress in Asia

Science Daily is one of my favorite websites to go to for information on issues related to climate, water and even world poverty.

I cam across an article published on Science Daily by MIT:

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Severe water stress likely in Asia by 2050

Water problems in Asia's future?

Economic and population growth on top of climate change could lead to serious water shortages across a broad swath of Asia by the year 2050, a newly published study has found. The study deploys detailed modeling to produce what the researchers believe is a full range of scenarios involving water availability and use in the future.

Economic and population growth on top of climate change could lead to serious water shortages across a broad swath of Asia by the year 2050, a newly published study by MIT scientists has found.

Read full article here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160330152053.htm

World's Largest Cluster of Sinkholes Discovered

From National Geographic:


 

                Forty-nine sinkholes were found in China by researchers, who say the features have

                more secrets to tell.

By Brian Clark Howard

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Who says we're done exploring the Earth?

Scientists in China announced a major new discovery this week: 49 massive sinkholes that were previously unknown, representing the highest natural density of the phenomenon in the world.

Government researchers discovered the sinkholes during the course of a four-month survey in the Qinling-Bashan Mountains, which are located in the Hanzhong area of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The 49 sinkholes are clustered in a 230-square-mile patch of land within the 2,000 square miles that were surveyed.

See video here:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/49-sinkholes-discovered-in-china-worlds-largest-geology/?google_editors_picks=true