Earth's Water Crisis: Rapid Drying and Rising Sea Levels
TL;DR
Satellite data from NASA reveals that Earth's continents are drying at an unprecedented rate since 2002, driven by groundwater over-extraction and exacerbated by climate change, with 75% of the global population now living in water-stressed areas, threatening agriculture, sanitation, and regional stability.
Topics:worldenvironment#climate-change#drought#environment#groundwater-depletion#satellite-data#water-scarcity
- Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out Faster Than Ever The Daily Galaxy
- Freshwater is disappearing from the Earth at alarming rates: Study The Hill
- 8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater ProPublica
- The parched planet paradox: How drought and sea level rise feed on each other NBC News
- Water scarcity is the first signal of a warming planet Fast Company
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