Crop Irrigation Is Closely Tied to Groundwater Depletion Around the World

The irrigation that grows crops, especially in dry countries, can also be responsible for taxing aquifers beyond their capacities. Groundwater depletion is embedded in the international food trade, with countries exporting crops grown from overexploited aquifers and setting up potential future food crises if the aquifers run dry.

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[lalitchoudhary]

Hey, what dataset they used to prove it

[LanceWinslow]

You missed one in Libya - totally exploited and it will not last forever.

[samuelolsen]

crop irrigation is closely tied to food and life on earth

[Smikkelboy]

People, YOU have the power to change this, go vegan and do it NOW.

Save our planet.

[realmanpwns]

Ridiculous. Water doesn't disappear. It moves. If water is depleted in one area then another area will gain and crops can be moved.

[oh-no]

Better start taxing water like you want to with carbon.