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Two billion people are running out water
2015-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Forget about peak oilwe should be worrying about peak water: Groundwater basins that supply 2 billion people are being rapidly depleted, according to a new study. Worse: No one knows how long those reserves will last. A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine, examined the worlds 37 largest aquifers between 2003 and 2013 and found that one-third of them were stressed, meaning more water was being removed than replenished, according to one of two studies published...
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