Princeton: Expansion, Environmental Impacts of Irrigation by 2050 Greatly Underestimated
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 19 -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news:
The amount of farmland around the world that will need to be irrigated in order to feed an estimated global population of 9 billion people by 2050 could be up to several billion acres, far higher than scientists currently project, according to new research. The result would be a far greater strain on aquifers, as well as the likely expansion of agriculture into natural ecosystems as far . . .
The amount of farmland around the world that will need to be irrigated in order to feed an estimated global population of 9 billion people by 2050 could be up to several billion acres, far higher than scientists currently project, according to new research. The result would be a far greater strain on aquifers, as well as the likely expansion of agriculture into natural ecosystems as far . . .