NYTimes: Southeast Drought Study Ties Water Shortage to Population, Not Global Warming

From The New York Times:

Southeast Drought Study Ties Water Shortage to Population, Not Global Warming

Researchers also concluded that rapid population growth was more responsible for the severe water shortages than rainfall patterns were.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/science/earth/02drought.html

Good news, it's not global warming that's causing problem in the South East.  It's people. 

 

Too many people moving to a region of the country, and straining those resources beyond capacity.  We've seen it in the South West already.  We are going to see this situation of too many people in a region replayed in many parts of the world.