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These Are the Stakes 2.0

by: ClimateJess

Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 15:24:47 PM EST


1,500 people.

Dead.



This was not a terrible accident, but an act of desperation: suicide.  These were Indian farmers who lost everything due to drought.  

Whats just as bad is that this is only the beginning.  What was once a tragic act of mother nature is now on our hands...with climate change these problems are only expected to continue.  

"The water level has gone down below 250 feet here. It used to be at 40 feet a few years ago," Shatrughan Sahu

A few of you may remember our posts about the deadly Australian fires this summer.  They were a phenomenon many blamed on climate change, and all agree are likely to become more common over the years.

Lets never forget the stakes are high...
Read the full story here

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