Sentences with phrase «severe water shortages»

If the trend isn't reversed soon, the 600 million people living in the region could face severe water shortages in the next few years.

This finding is particularly relevant given projections of more frequent and severe water shortages in the future due to climate change.

During this time of severe water shortages, we ask all guests...

A new study points to the risk that China and India will be facing severe water shortages by 2050 due to a perfect storm of economic growth, climate change, and fast growing populations.

If climate change continues unabated, half the global population is expected to suffer from severe water shortage by 2050.

A study by the World Resources Institute last October showed 51 percent of planned coal - power plants in China were in regions with severe water shortages, potentially pitting energy production against agriculture and basic needs for clean water.

«It's important to understand these changes because most climate models predict tropical forests may be under stress due to increasing severe water shortages in a warmer and drier 21st century climate,» Zhou said.

While climate change was found to make drought in East Africa both more likely and stronger, it wasn't found to be a major influence on the drought that has caused severe water shortages in Brazil.

In Sri Lanka, the remote village of Pulawala, in the Eastern Province district of Amara, is home to around 1,000 people, who face severe water shortages during the April - October dry season.

We are already seeing the effects of this in Peru where severe water shortages have followed the melting of Andean glaciers.

During this time of severe water shortages, we ask all guests to have as quick a shower as possible, so as to save this precious commodity - each shower is supplied with a bucket to catch the shower water.

Reporter Aneesa Bodiat visits Cape Town to see how the South African city is coping with severe water shortages and writes about how it could become the world's first metropolis to run out of water.

«It is important to understand these changes because most climate models predict tropical forests may be under stress due to increasing severe water shortages in a warmer and drier 21st century climate,» said Liming Zhou, of Albany State University of New York.

A severe water shortage has hit the Koforidua Technical School (KOTECH) at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

Already the country is suffering from decreased grain production and severe water shortages.

It is also projected that the climate change will lead to severe water shortage and trigger water - borne diseases.

Because of severe water shortages, Israel has banned the irrigation of wheat.

Numerous scientific studies... show that if heat - trapping emissions continue unabated, global warming is likely to cause more extreme heat in our cities, severe water shortages, loss of species, hazards to coasts from sea level rise, and extreme weather.

Wind power is also ideal for countries such as China that face severe water shortages: unlike coal and nuclear power plants, wind farms need no water for cooling.