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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

6 More intense droughts and water scarcity Global warming is causing more intense droughts and affecting water storage on land, decreasing access to freshwater. Parts of Africa will be especially vulnerable, with agricultural yields declining by as much as 50% in some areas. Geological Survey. degrees Celsius higher. .”

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?