Summary:
Climate change is expected to short the amount of water flowing in several rivers across south western states by between 8-20%. The area in question is from Texas to California, and includes the Rio Grande, San Joaquine and Colorado rivers. Compounding this issue, is the fact that many of these areas are also the most rapidly growing in the US.
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Without access to usable water, human society is fundamentally impossible. It seems unlikely that we can do much to stop climate change any time soon, but ignoring it would simply be a disaster.
Also, I know there are many people that don't think humans are causing climate change, but in the end, does that really matter? We still need to move away from fossil fuels, and we still need to deal with shifting weather patterns, man made or not.
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