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Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change, experts say.

Did you think of energy? Climate change? Food security? Human health? Increasing conflict? What comes to mind for me is related to all five: The water crisis. And unfortunately, we’re not ready.

Jay Famiglietti at the University of California, Irving directs the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, which focuses on water. After 15 years of using NASA satellites to track water availability around the world, he’s convinced that we are – to use his own words – “on many levels, completely and totally hosed.”