Climate Change Influencing Freshwater Mountain Runoff, Research Shows
As the climate warms, sources of the water so critical to life everywhere on Earth are drying up.
By the end of this century, communities dependent on freshwater from mountain-fed rivers could see significantly less water, according to a new climate model recently released by University of California researchers.
For example, people who get freshwater from the Kings River could see a 26 percent decrease in river flow.
Why? Think of the environment to which humans are now accustomed as a huge jigsaw puzzle.
