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Water – and Us – in the “Anthropocene”

Sandra Postel

Numerous species of fish and other life forms face extinction due to human actions in this planetary time scientists propose to call the Anthropocene. Missions Media/National Geographic In late May, 500 scientists from around the world gathered in Bonn, Germany,...

Water: Adapting to a New Normal

Sandra Postel

Water, like energy, is essential to virtually every human endeavor. It is needed to grow food and fiber, to make clothes and computers, and, of course, to drink. The growing number of water shortages around the world and the...