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Events in Drought-Stricken India Parallel Recent Experience in California

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

Groundwater aquifers are being sucked dry amidst a two year-long drought as Indian farmers drill and pump more groundwater in bids to make up for shortfalls in precipitation resulting from the delayed onset of weaker summer monsoon rains.

The impacts of climate change on water resource management require planning, cooperation and conservation

Water in a Climate Change World

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Sharon Melmon | 2 Comments

In the 2008 book, Dry Spring – the Coming Water Crisis of North America, Chris Wood detailed the scope of impacts we could anticipate as more volatile and extreme weather patterns become the norm. Wood, who continues to track climate change as a research collaborator, author and journalist, revisited the book in a recent interview, and noted that climate change…

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Satellite Studies Reveal Groundwater Depletion around the World

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Andrew Burger | 10 Comments

Access to freshwater resources has always been a critical need for human and all forms of life on Earth. With a world population estimated at just shy of 7 billion and growing, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says agricultural production will need to increase 70% by 2050. As agriculture takes up most of human water use, that’s going to…

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