A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/gwsp-amo052313.php

[font face=Serif]Public release date: 24-May-2013

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[font size=5]A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists[/font]

[font size=4]Bonn Declaration issued by 500 scientists at 'Water in the Anthropocene' conference[/font]

[font size=3]A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable."

The scientists bluntly pointed to chronic underlying problems led by mismanagement and sent a prescription to policy makers in a 1,000-word declaration issued at the end of a four-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, "Water in the Anthropocene," organized by the Global Water System Project and detailed in a pre-conference release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/gwsp-sig051413.php

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http://www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/documents_news/Bonn_Water_Declaration_final.pdf

[earthside]

1. Bottom line ...

... right now there are about four billion too many people on this planet.

In a couple of generations there will be seven billion too many humans all needing to use water everyday.

At some point it is not a 'management' problem, it is a simple quantity problem.

[truedelphi]

2. However even in this nation, which proportionate to

Its large land mass, and generous water tables, has a lot less water worries than other nations, and they you must realize that it is the Friggin' Industrialists.

Look at how they are willing to frack the water into polluted scum, and then turn around and sell bottled water back to us.

[airplaneman]

4. I think the bottom line is more dire.

We are in a situation of overshoot and the carrying capacity of the Earth has degraded significantly already. There are numerous negative man made feedback loops in process that will begin our decline and are at this point not stoppable. I believe in the next 5-10 years climate change, crop and ecosystem failures will result in the beginning and obvious decline of the human species. In other words its not long before the growth of human population stops and starts its decline. The long term picture is not really good. Good luck to all.
-Airplane.

[immoderate]

5. Yep. I don't envy young people who have this to look forward to.

And I don't think the world will let the smart ones make it any better.

--imm

[CRH]

6. You have hit most all of the thorns,

... and the flowers are not blooming. + 1 for your insight. ( numerous man made feedback loops ), accented by nature's own 'cause and effect' feed back loops, insures your prognosis of decline, a certainty. Your last sentence might be an understatement. The human experience, IMO, is beyond salvage. It is no longer a question of if, but, when?

[vt_native]

3. I'm sure the corporate state will address this problem

Look at what a great job they have done with global warming.