Global Warming: Water Starved Agriculture
Writing for Reuters, Christine Stebbins reports on a drought that might eventually destroy the economic viability of agriculture in the midwest: “Eighty percent of all fresh water consumed in the United States is used to produce food. But years of drought, diversion of water to growing urban areas and, most lately, concerns about global warming are feeding worries.
Specifically, farmers fear the U.S. Plains is facing its limits as a world producer of wheat, beef, vegetable oils and other crops due to long-term water shortages. ”
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