Scientists at American Geophysical Union conference present
new findings on a resource becoming more precious than gold
Visualize a dusty place where stream beds are sand and lakes
are flats of dried mud. Are we on Mars? In fact, we're on arid parts of Earth,
a planet where water covers some 70 percent of the surface.
How long will water be readily available to nourish life
here?
Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF)
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) program are finding new
answers.
NSF-supported CNH researchers will address water resources
management and policy in a changing world at the fall meeting of the American
Geophysical Union (AGU), held in San Francisco from Dec. 3-7, 2012.