The formation of the isthmus had important consequences for global patterns of ocean water flow.

地峡的形成对全球洋流格局产生了重要的影响。

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Agriculture is a water-intensive business, accounting for nearly 70% of global fresh water consumption.

农业是水资源密集型产业，占全球淡水消耗的近70%。

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This gallery is part of a special news series on global water issues.

这个图册是关于全球水问题的物种新闻系列的一部分。

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Those changes include water shortages which could increase from global warming.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

And now we face global challenges. How do we address water issues?

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"Darfur also provides the unique opportunity for donors and development program managers to deal with some of the most pressing global issues - like globalization,desertification, water management and climate change - in a holistic way and manner."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.

FORBES: The Source of My Greatest Happiness Has Always Been Our Children

Responsible agricultural water management will make a major contribution to future global water security.

UNESCO: CULTURE

The programme, which provides a UNESCO Global Network on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands was established in 2004 to strengthen the global capacity for management of water resources in arid and semi-arid regions.

UNESCO: In Memoriam: Professor W. Mike Edmunds