2022 not 2050!
"People were fleeing to higher, cooler ground. Subway stations were blacked out...buildings were darkened... important arteries for shipping & transportation became unnavigable...Chickens died or struggled to lay eggs"
1/4 #China
nytimes.com/2022/09/09/opi…
"People were fleeing to higher, cooler ground. Subway stations were blacked out...buildings were darkened... important arteries for shipping & transportation became unnavigable...Chickens died or struggled to lay eggs"
1/4 #China
nytimes.com/2022/09/09/opi…
'According to data from NASA ... the North China Plain’s groundwater reserves are even more overdrawn than those of the Ogallala Aquifer under the Great Plains of the United States, one of the world’s most imperiled critical agricultural water sources'
3/4
foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-g…
3/4
foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-g…
To sustain harvests, 'farms & cities are pumping water far faster than nature can replenish it... many farmers are struggling to find new sources'
Weather extremes bringing China closer to 'a catastrophic water event'
4/4
#ClimateCrisis #food #water
foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-g…
Weather extremes bringing China closer to 'a catastrophic water event'
4/4
#ClimateCrisis #food #water
foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-g…
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