Northern India Rapidly Depleting its Groundwater Due to Excessive Irrigation; Major Water Crisis Looms If Trend Continues
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2009
This trend, if sustained, will lead to a major water crisis in this region when this non-renewable resource is exhausted.The region where GRACE shows decreasing groundwater storage has among the world’s highest population densities. Its likely contribution to sea level rise is roughly equivalent to that from melting Alaskan glaciers.
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