{"id":2326,"date":"2005-03-22T06:26:44","date_gmt":"2005-03-22T13:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/03\/22\/xu-bin-is-global-warming-causing-a-low-water-crisis-on-the-upper-reaches-of-the-yellow-river\/"},"modified":"2005-03-22T06:26:44","modified_gmt":"2005-03-22T13:26:44","slug":"xu-bin-is-global-warming-causing-a-low-water-crisis-on-the-upper-reaches-of-the-yellow-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/03\/xu-bin-is-global-warming-causing-a-low-water-crisis-on-the-upper-reaches-of-the-yellow-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Xu Bin: Is Global Warming Causing a Low Water Crisis on the Upper Reaches of the Yellow River?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanfangdaily.com.cn\/zm\/20050317\/xw\/kx\/200503170022.asp\">The Southern Weekend<\/a> (in Chinese), via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressinterpreter.org\/node\/103\">Press Interpreter<\/a>, translated by Amy Jenkins:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIs <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_warming\">global warming<\/a> causing a low water crisis on the upper reaches of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yellow_river\">Yellow River<\/a>? &#8212; Global warming is usually accompanied by an increase in precipitation, but the upper Yellow River region has not been very fortunate in this respect. &#8212; In the next few decades, if air temperature rises 3\u00ac\u221eC and precipitation drops 20%, then the amount of water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River will decrease 50% or more from the present level, warned experts in hydrology and climate from Lanzhou in the most recent edition of the Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology [Bingchuan Dongtu].\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Southern Weekend (in Chinese), via the Press Interpreter, translated by Amy Jenkins: Is global warming causing a low water crisis on the upper reaches of the Yellow River? &#8212; Global warming is usually accompanied by an increase in precipitation, but the upper Yellow River region has not been very fortunate in this respect. 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