Melting Glaciers May Worsen Northwest China's Water Woes

Melting Glaciers May Worsen Northwest China's Water Woes
June 26, 2012
By Mike Ives,
Environment 360, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

"In China's sprawling Xinjiang region, where the population is growing and cotton farming is booming, a key river has been running dry in summer. Now a team of international scientists is grappling with a problem facing the Tarim River basin and other mountainous regions - how to secure water supplies as demands increase and glaciers melt."