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IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON GROUNDWATER
‘The upcoming El Nino event could cost India $1 trillion in losses’An impending El Nino event threatens global economies, with India facing potential losses exceeding one trillion dollars. This climate phen...- El Niño effect: Why India may see weak monsoon and harsher summerIndia faces a double blow as the IMD forecasts below-normal monsoon rainfall, with a 60% chance of deficient rains due to El Niño. This, co...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Water ‘bankruptcy’ era has begun for billions, scientists sayA new UN report declares a "global water bankruptcy," with 6.1 billion people facing insecure freshwater supplies.
- Ganga's worst dry spell in 1,300 years: A crisis for 600 million people, warns IIT studyA recent study reveals the Ganga River is experiencing its worst drying phase in 1,300 years, impacting over 600 million people. Declining ...
- Is the world running out of water supplies? These cities have acute drinking water crises.The water crisis is being caused due to outdated supply infrastructure and mismanagement. Solutions are needed that leverage technology.
- Bengaluru water crisis: A 70% drop in this key stat shows why India's Silicon Valley is parched, as per IIScBengaluru faces severe water scarcity amid its worst drought in 30-40 years, with an IISc study attributing it to a 70% decline in the city...
- 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...
- Warming will increase frequency of flash droughts in India: IIT Gandhinagar studyIn contrast to the conventional droughts, flash droughts can impact a large region within two-three weeks, severely affecting crop health a...
- Parts of India face groundwater drought as summer heat rises“Many of these states are now intermittently getting affected by the ‘groundwater drought’ in recent summers,” said Abhijit Mukherjee, lead...
- Nearly 50 per cent of India currently facing drought: IIT-Gandhinagar scientistsThe results of the study, prepared by the team at IIT Gandhinagar, are available on the website of the IMD.
- Delhi at epicentre of global groundwater crisis: ReportNew research has shown that the largest groundwater depletion in the world is happening in northern India.
- India extracts more groundwater than China-US, says studyA total of 163 million people in India have no access to clean water close to home, or 15 per cent of all rural residents and seven per cen...
- Water stressed India may not be able to meet future demandMore than 60-70% of India is vulnerable to drought and one-third of the country’s districts have faced more than four droughts in the past ...
- 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...
- Haryana faces 6th drought in 11 years, Punjab fifthOut of 17 years since 1998, Haryana has received at least 10% below normal monsoon rains in 12 years.
- Rise in global temperatures may impact monsoon, farm yields: ReportAn expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades will make India's monsoon highly unpredictable, a report commi...
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