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AQUIFER DEPLETION
How Do Satellites Know Wells Are Running Dry Before Anyone Notices? ExplainedGroundwater is vital for many communities. Satellites now track underground water loss, revealing declines before wells run dry. This techn...
Groundwater Is Vanishing Faster Than Ice and Most of Us Never NoticedGroundwater, vital for drinking and farming, is disappearing globally. This hidden crisis, revealed by satellite data and aquifer studies, ...
The Most Surprising Part of Groundwater Loss Is How Slowly It Becomes an EmergencyGroundwater depletion is a silent global crisis, its slow, hidden progression masking a severe threat. Years of overuse, drawing on ancient...
How Satellites Are Exposing the World’s Most Fragile Groundwater SystemsSatellites are now revealing alarming groundwater depletion across Asia, particularly in regions feeding major rivers like the Ganges and I...
Melting glacial, unbearable heat: World is dangerously close to irreversible tipping points, warns UNThe UN has cautioned that the world is dangerously close to six 'tipping points' that could lead to irreversible damage to the planet. Clim...
UN report warns India heading towards groundwater depletion tipping pointA new report by the United Nations warns that some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already reached the tipping point of grou...
Over 1,000 experts call for global action on 'depleting' groundwaterIn a statement, the group noted that groundwater represents 99 per cent of the Earth's freshwater. This makes it critical for supplying dri...
Delhi at epicentre of global groundwater crisis: ReportNew research has shown that the largest groundwater depletion in the world is happening in northern India.
Experts suggest water labels for food items so consumers can make more sustainable choicesSome now suggest that producers should consider adding water labels to help consumers make more sustainable choices about their food.
Here's reason behind depleting groundwaterGrowing food consumption across the globe and efforts by governments to boost agricultural trade in order to improve incomes of farmers has...
Water haves and have-nots will lead to social tension: Jay FamigliettiWhen it comes to drought, India is not alone. The world's underground water reserves are depleting at an alarming rate.
Coca-Cola India shuts 3 plants citing inadequate demandCoca-Cola India has stopped production at three plants ahead of the peak summer season, citing inadequate demand, including one in Jaipur.
Water scarcity: Earth is losing groundwater at an alarming rateOne third of the aquifers - which provide food and water to two billion people, are being depleted at accelerated rates.
A third of world's biggest groundwater basins are overstressedIndus Basin of NW India & Pakistan is the second-most overstressed groundwater basin in the world and is suffering rapid depletion from hum...
- National Green Tribunal summons Odisha government officials over Puri pollution
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the ch...
- India's first aquifer atlas released
There has been a sharp decline in groundwater levels in several parts of Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan over the years, t...
- New norms on anvil to make groundwater public property
Groundwater, a precious natural resource, is for all practical purposes a private property in India.
- Poison in India’s groundwater posing national health crisis
Depletion of groundwater and its pollution may be leading to a silent public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are b...
- Watershed reforms...
India should have a proactive policy for sustainable water usage.
- A spring of hope
Groundwater in more than 1/3 of districts is unfit for drinking.