No water in the DR?

[NewsWhore]

There will be an 85% less water due to climate change in the DR by the end of the century, according to a new study by students at Columbia University, as reported in Hoy. The study says the present frequent droughts are the first effects that are being felt. According to the study, which used projections by the United Nations Development Fund and the Inter Governmental Climatic Change Panel, the 20% decline in annual rainfall, an increase in evapotranspiration and a 50% increase in population will cause water levels to drop from 2,200 cubic meters to less than 400 cubic meters in 2100. Carlos Rymer, a Dominican student doing graduate work at Columbia U, said the DR needs to take long-term approach to ensure its supply of drinkable water. Rymer completed the study with Nosisa Ndaba and Emmanuelle Humbelt.

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