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"This is an 'all-hands-on-deck' moment." Scientists issue alarming warning over worsening crisis that could impact billions ...
Mumbai: The BMC is set to launch a new initiative aimed at conserving water and replenishing Mumbai’s depleting underground water table. Under this project, four borewells will be constructed across ...
Even as power failures and the depletion of groundwater and streams have become pressing issues on the ground, Dolly Kikon, ...
Increased global warming and rapid urbanisation are the main causes for dry regions getting drier and wet regions becoming wetter than before.
Groundwater serves as the lifeline of agriculture and human settlements in arid zones, yet it remains under severe threat due to overuse and decreasing replenishment. In the Middle Draa Valley, ...
Indian metro cities—especially Chennai—are facing severe groundwater stress due to rising borewell density in both ...
Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar has made a strong appeal to every Goan to actively contribute towards the protection and ...
Groundwater depletion is rapidly accelerating, creating areas of "mega-drying" in regions that heavily depend on groundwater for their drinking supplies.
Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.
Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday urged the Centre to utilise the waters of the Chenab River to resolve the water-sharing dispute between his state and Haryana and sought the ...
Discover why the Ganga River has lost over 50% of its water. Learn how evaporation, groundwater decline, pollution, and dams ...
A critical water source for vast areas of the Northern Territory is drying at an accelerating rate, according to new findings, with losses clearly ...