India Heading Towards Groundwater Depletion Tipping Point by 2025, Warns UN
Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, have already exceeded the groundwater risk tipping point, while others, including India, are not far from it.
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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, have already exceeded the groundwater risk tipping point, while others, including India, are not far from it.
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 UN.
Several parts of India are predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, a lates report warns.
Around 70 per cent of groundwater withdrawals are used for agriculture, often when above-ground water sources are insufficient. | Latest News India
Environmental tipping points are critical thresholds in the Earth's systems, beyond which abrupt and often irreversible changes occur, leading to profound and sometimes catastrophic shifts in ecosystems, climate patterns and the overall environment