There, a study showed 10 countries from Saudi Arabia to Iraq, Jordan, Yemen and Syria, are essentially at Ground Zero as the planet warms amid climate change: Almost 90 percent of the water withdrawn from the Arabian aquifer goes for agriculture, often paid for by oil revenues that subsidize the energy-intensive pumping of groundwater. The Arabian aquifer system, whose groundwater accounts for about 84 percent of total freshwater use across the arid Arabian Peninsula, is among the most overstressed. Here’s a look at some of the most stressed aquifers on Earth and a snapshot of the reasons why “red flags” are being raised about the amount of water underground that’s declining amid population growth, urban, industrial and farming demand, and poor management. When scientists evaluating satellite-data say a third of the planet’s major aquifers are being unsustainably depleted, threatening groundwater reserves and putting ecosystems and life-sustaining water supplies at risk, perhaps it’s time to more seriously assess the global severity. This article originally appeared in Stockholm WaterFront Magazine 2018, issue #2
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