... the planet, the researchers find. Soaring global groundwater depletion bodes a potential disaster for an increasingly ... , the researchers note. The team estimates the contribution of groundwater depletion to sea level rise to be 0 ...
The nation’s food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by [...]
Groundwater depletion raises spectre of shortages.
... California's extended drought and increased pumping of groundwater for human uses such as irrigation. At the American Geophysical Union ... and exports." "By providing data on large-scale groundwater depletion rates, GRACE can help California ...
... volumes. The authors warn that the current rate of groundwater depletion in the Central Valley may be unsustainable and could have "potentially ... Title: Satellites measure recent rates of groundwater depletion in California's Central Valley Authors ...
Scientists have used small variations in the Earth’s gravity to identify trouble spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on groundwater.
Premiering on New York's Times Square today to mark World Water Day: a new visualization of global groundwater depletion created using data from NASA's GRACE mission.
... ." In the current study, the researchers estimated the impact of groundwater depletion since 1900 using data from individual ... population growth and land use changes. The increase in groundwater depletion between 1900 and 2000 is due mostly to increased ...
... Phys.org) -- Farmers are unsustainably exploiting groundwater in a number of important agricultural regions, according to a team ... from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Indeed, widespread groundwater depletion has recently been reported in aquifers (the underground ...
... usage and we may see significant groundwater depletion and contamination that will seriously compromise much of the world's agriculturally ... will also flood coastal areas, threatening the quality of groundwater supplies and compromising their usability. This is the second study ...
New satellite imagery reveals that several areas across the United States are all but certain to suffer water-related catastrophes, including extreme flooding, drought and groundwater depletion.
