Europe begins to run short of water
Posted by Jimalakirti in Climate Change
at 10:15 am on Saturday, 22 January 2011
at 10:15 am on Saturday, 22 January 2011
PRAGUE, Jan 22, 2011 (IPS) – Half of the Czech Republic’s population could face water shortages because of climate change, a top climate change expert has warned.
The country has become one of the driest in the EU, according to local media, and climatologists say the land, and crucial underground water supplies, are drying up.