The Pakistani desert

If Anatol Lieven is right (subscribers only), here’s a frightening consequence from global warming: “By the year 2030, if the Himalayan glaciers continue to melt and Pakistan does not improve its water infrastructure, then much of the country will be as dry as the Sahara Desert – a desert with a population of 250m people.”

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