Many of Earth’s groundwater basins run deficits

Consumption exceeds replenishment for majority of largest aquifers

DRYING OUT  Twenty-one of Earth’s 37 largest aquifers are dwindling, satellite data show. Redder regions represent overstressed aquifers that lose more water each year than they take in.

UC Irvine, NASA

Climate and human consumption are parching Earth’s groundwater basins at an alarming rate, a new study finds.