Groundwater depletion rates may triple in India because of global warming, warns study
Says without policies and interventions to conserve groundwater, warming temperatures will challenge India’s food and water security
Source: businesstoday.in
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Warming climate worsens groundwater depletion
In a study published today in Science Advances led by University of Oklahoma assistant professor Nishan Bhattarai, researchers found that under a business-as-usual scenario of groundwater use for irrigation in India, climate warming may triple the groundwater depletion rates. Approximately 60% of India’s irrigated agriculture depends on the threatened groundwater. The results of the study indicate that adaptation to an increasingly warm climate threatens the security of India’s future food and water.
Source: eurekalert.org