China faces significant water shortages Jane Qiu, writing in Nature (reporting on the 2010 International Groundwater Forum in Beijing) notes that China has 20 percent of the world’s population, but only 5 to 7 percent of the planet’s fresh water. Groundwater irrigates 40 percent of China’s agriculture and, in dry regions, accounts for 70 percent of [...]
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