'India's groundwater depletion tipping points approaching', UN report warns of crisis
Several parts of India are predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, a lates report warns.
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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
The tipping points include groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat, species extinction, melting glaciers and space debris.
A new report by the UN university lists six areas of grave concern and states that without behaviour change, the world could face catastrophe.