Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface

June 11, 2024 admin

Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. | Photo Credit: S Rambabu/The Hindu Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and cracks within rocks. We see it when it rises to the surface in…

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UN Report Warns India Heading Towards Groundwater Depletion Tipping Point

October 26, 2023 admin

Aquifers play a crucial role in mitigating agricultural losses caused by drought. New Delhi: Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations. Titled…

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