‘The water table is dropping all over the world’: NASA warns we’re on the path to global drought

[Socialist]

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

 

[Stephanie]

oh boy, ANOTHER sky is falling omg we are all going to DIE..... if we don't throw our money at these Politicians in governments all over the world so they can SAVE US ALL

 

[Crick]

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

Links to the actual NASA studies would be handy. Neither this post nor the National Post article to which it does link, provide a link or even the names of the studies. They do not explain what is the actual cause of declining water tables.

 

[Crick]

oh boy, ANOTHER sky is falling omg we are all going to DIE..... if we don't throw our money at these Politicians in governments all over the world so they can SAVE US ALL

Where do you see a request to throw money at a politician Stephanie?

 

[Socialist]

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

Links to the actual NASA studies would be handy. Neither this post nor the National Post article to which it does link, provide a link or even the names of the studies. They do not explain what is the actual cause of declining water tables.

Study Third of Big Groundwater Basins in Distress NASA

 

[Stephanie]

How the hell did ANYONE survive the Dust Bowl. Is this what we are paying this Government for? TO GO around and scare the shit out of us EVERY time we turn around. ? If so I call for DEFUNDING about half of them

people ADAPT. if not then you go the way of the dinosaurs

 

[Crick]

Here's one of the studies: Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

Here's the other: Uncertainty in global groundwater storage estimates in a total groundwater stress framework - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

National Post appears to have stolen that article, verbatim, from the Washington Post. It was written by Todd C Frankel, a WP reporter

 

[Socialist]

Here's one of the studies: Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

Here's the other: Uncertainty in global groundwater storage estimates in a total groundwater stress framework - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

National Post appears to have stolen that article, verbatim, from the Washington Post. It was written by Todd C Frankel, a WP reporter

Ah, I posted the nasa study as well.

 

[Crick]

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

Links to the actual NASA studies would be handy. Neither this post nor the National Post article to which it does link, provide a link or even the names of the studies. They do not explain what is the actual cause of declining water tables.

Study Third of Big Groundwater Basins in Distress NASA

Thanks.

Opening sentence of the abstract:

About one third of Earth's largest groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption.

 

[Socialist]

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

Links to the actual NASA studies would be handy. Neither this post nor the National Post article to which it does link, provide a link or even the names of the studies. They do not explain what is the actual cause of declining water tables.

Study Third of Big Groundwater Basins in Distress NASA

Thanks.

Opening sentence of the abstract:

About one third of Earth's largest groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption.

We have to keep in mind agricultural waste, the meat industry, other useless hogwash consuming our depleting water.

 

[Stephanie]

PLEASE take this government away from this progressive/democrat party AND never give them control of it ever again

every damn day it's the sky is falling with them. remember their motto. Never let a good Crisis go to waste. and if there isn't one, CREATE ONE

 

[tinydancer]

And?

 

[depotoo]

So, 2/3rds are ok? And this is hilarious-

About one third of Earth's largest groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption, despite having little accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two new studies led by the University of California, Irvine (UCI), using data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites.
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Despite having accurate data...

WASHINGTON — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water.

It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.



Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water is being removed than replaced from these vital underground reservoirs. Thirteen of 37 aquifers fell at rates that put them into the most troubled category.

“The situation is quite critical,” said Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the studies’ principal investigator.

San Antonio Water System/Associated PressThis photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas. Aquifers like this around the world are running dry.
And it’s difficult to see it getting better soon. These groundwater reserves take thousands of years to accumulate and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains. Now, as drilling for water has taken off across the globe, the hidden water reservoirs are being stressed. Underground aquifers supply 35 percent of the water used by humans worldwide. Demand is even greater in times of drought. Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use, up from the usual 40 percent.

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

Links to the actual NASA studies would be handy. Neither this post nor the National Post article to which it does link, provide a link or even the names of the studies. They do not explain what is the actual cause of declining water tables.

Study Third of Big Groundwater Basins in Distress NASA

 

[flacaltenn]

Real enviro issues like this would get more attention and get solved quicker if Climate Change wasn't squishing the air out of every other enviro story..

My suggestion is to BLAME this on CC/GWarming. Then there would at least be unlimited funding to study it and we could all just ignore the required scary GW comments like we do now..

India/China and rapidly developing countries will have a harder time staying ahead of this.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Step one US, close all ethanol plants as gaia engines of destruction they are

 

[Gracie]

Step number one should be to limit how many children parents pop out. Like china with their 2 limit rule.
There are too many people on this earth...consuming all it's natural resources.

 

[Stephanie]

Step number one should be to limit how many children parents pop out. Like china with their 2 limit rule.
There are too many people on this earth...consuming all it's natural resources.

wow gracie. that is scary you would even think that. why not just take all the old people once they are no longer useful and throw them in gas ovens.

 

[flacaltenn]

OK --- I read the NASA blurp.. Not time to panic yet.. But countries (especially the Mid East and North Africa) should put less money into bombs and weapons and more into fixing the ignorance of this "problem"

From the NASA site -----


In a companion paper published today in the same journal, the scientists conclude that the total remaining volume of the world’s usable groundwater is poorly known, with estimates that often vary widely. The total groundwater volume is likely far less than rudimentary estimates made decades ago. By comparing their satellite-derived groundwater loss rates to what little data exist on groundwater availability, the researchers found major discrepancies in projected "time to depletion." In the overstressed Northwest Sahara Aquifer System, for example, time to depletion estimates varied between 10 years and 21,000 years.

"We don’t actually know how much is stored in each of these aquifers. Estimates of remaining storage might vary from decades to millennia," said Richey. "In a water-scarce society, we can no longer tolerate this level of uncertainty, especially since groundwater is disappearing so rapidly."


The GRACE cant measure water reserves. It can only detect changes in mass. So WE DONT KNOW how bad the problem is. But I can tell you, lowering the water table in New Orleans or Miami would be a good thing.

 

[Gracie]

Step number one should be to limit how many children parents pop out. Like china with their 2 limit rule.
There are too many people on this earth...consuming all it's natural resources.

wow gracie. that is scary you would even think that. why not just take all the old people once they are no longer useful and throw them in gas ovens.

That's not what I said but nice attempt to twist it.

 

[BlackSand]

The water table is dropping all over the world NASA warns we re on the path to global drought National Post

May was the wettest month for U.S. in 121 years of record-keeping - The Washington Post

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