Dryland near Manatuto, Timor-Leste (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons / UN / Martine Perret)If the planet continues to warm at its current trajectory, and human populations rise on-pace, well over 1 billion people will face new or increased water scarcity by the end of this century, studies from the Potsdam Institute for the Germany-based Climate Impact … Continue reading Heating the Planet Dry: Worsened Water Scarcity for 13% of Humanity by Century’s End