WORLD FACES WATER CRISIS AS GLOBAL WARMING UPSETS DELICATE BALANCE

Source: Copyright 2006, Sydney Morning Herald
Date: March 3, 2006
Byline: Robert Lee Hotz





THE ice sheets of Antarctica - the world's largest reservoir of fresh
water - are shrinking faster than new snow can fall, scientists have
reported in the first comprehensive survey of the continent.

Researchers at the University of Colorado found that between 2002 and 2005
Antarctica lost its ice at a rate of 150 cubic kilometres a year, rather
than growing from heavier snowfalls as previous research had predicted.