Cutting emissions through biofuels will lead to water shortages – study
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
Climate change mitigation could actually increase water shortage in some areas rather than reduce it, according to new research. The source of the problem is clear: greater demand for biofuels, intended to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, requires massive increases in irrigation in productive but relatively arid American farmland.