Commentary: Our dismal water future, mapped
by Jay Famiglietti, Los Angeles Times
Jun 15, 2018
3 minutes
Satellite data and images are provocative, even disturbing. They confront us with a global view that can be at once breathtaking, like a piece of art, and yet, in this era of rapidly changing climate, they paint a picture of the demise of the environment. How and if we will respond to what we see is uncertain. That uncertainty lies at the root of our perilous future.
Last month, my colleagues and I published a report the centerpiece of which is a global map, derived from satellite
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