SUMMARY: The current La Niña and several long-term natural climate factors will worsen potential drought for the ten US cities that are "running out of water."

Resources like water can no longer be taken for granted because we are in a period of dramatic climate change. For water users - from the simple gardener to farmers and ranchers to urban managers - this can present horrendous problems. For investors - this can present tremendous opportunities or potential unexpected losses.

Increasingly, water issues have been in the news. The La Niña of 2007 - 2008 triggered widespread water shortages, ranging from a severe and multi-year drought in California to a legal "water-war" between Georgia and its neighbors. The current developing La Niña may force the US to revisit these problems.

David Fuller's view Alex Seagle tells me that there has been a surge in subscriptions for the Browning Newsletter recently. I am not surprised, given the decline in agricultural crop yields due to climate change around the globe this year.