%26quot;There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead will run dry by 2021 and a 10 percent chance it will run out of usable water by 2014...%26quot;
%26quot;We were stunned at the magnitude of the problem and how fast it was coming at us,%26quot; said marine physicist Tim Barnett.
%26quot;Make no mistake, this water problem is not a scientific abstraction but rather one that will impact each and every one of us that live in the Southwest,%26quot; he said.
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Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, one of the United States government’s pre-eminent research facilities, remarked that diminished supplies of fresh water might prove a far more serious problem than slowly rising seas. Chu noted that even the most optimistic climate models for the second half of this century suggest that 30 to 70 percent of the snowpack will disappear. “There’s a two-thirds chance there will be a disaster,” Chu said, “and that’s in the best scenario.”
Fortunately Colorado River water goes to agriculture, so we won%26#039;t lose tap water any time soon, but our produce may get more expensive. %26quot;This week, after reviewing his own new data, NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: %26quot;At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012, much faster than previous predictions.%26quot;
Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
%26#039;Arctic Is Screaming,%26#039; Say Scientists Seeing New Data; Worry Over %26#039;Tipping Point%26#039;
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%26quot;December 21st 2012 does not mark the end of the world. It is not a time for mass hysteria. The timing marks an apparent event which occurs because of Precession. The winter equinox occurs every year on December 21st%26quot;
%26quot;It will be no different for us. We too will be bathed in the glow of the Dawn of a New Age. We will be privileged to witness the Dawn of another Golden Age of accomplishment and prosperity.%26quot; 0% 0 Votes
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