Over the past 50 years, humans have extracted the Earth’s groundwater stocks at a steep rate, largely to fuel global agro-economic development. Given society’s growing reliance on groundwater, we explore ‘peak water limits’ to investigate whether,
But climate change is also exacerbating the groundwater crisis: some areas have become drier and hotter in recent decades, meaning agricultural crops need to be irrigated more heavily. Where climate change is driving a decline in precipitation, groundwater resources recover more slowly, if at all....
from both human and biodiversity perspectives. A subsequent analysis of investments in water resources offers insights into the sources of global disparities in human water security that separate rich from poor. The authors conclude that rivers are in a state of crisis, and that nearly 80% of hum...
Water and Sanitation. Although 95% of water-scarce cities can address the water crisis via improvement of water-use efficiency, seawater desalination, groundwater exploitation, reservoir construction, interbasin water transfer, or virtual water trade (Supplementary Table5), these measures will not only...
“I’ve always wanted Tea Drops to provide a larger vehicle to aid in social efforts,” shares Tea Drops founder Sashee Chandran (she/her). “Our decision to address the global water crisis felt natural, as water is not only critical for sanitation and education ...
Soil erosion, deforestation, water and air contamination, safe domestic management, and absorbing waste from medical activities will encounter the worse problems in the wake of the current pandemic crisis. The resulting impact on the environment may last longer and perhaps be more challenging to ...
Such water woes are increasingly common in both the developing and developed worlds. Historically, wealthier nations have treated water scarcity as “a temporary crisis” that could be “mitigated through bilateral aid,” says the report, preventing preparations for an issue that will complicate ...
nature nature communications articles article Article Open access Published: 08 August 2024 Assessing global drinking water potential from electricity-free solar water evaporation device Wei Zhang, Yongzhe Chen, Qinghua Ji, Yuying Fan, Gong Zhang, Xi Lu, Chengzhi Hu, Huijuan Liu & Jiu...
nature scientific reports articles article Article Open access Published: 06 December 2022 Increasing freshwater supply to sustainably address global water security at scaleAfeefa Rahman, Praveen Kumar & Francina Dominguez Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 20262 (2022) Cite this article ...
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