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The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

The “Asian Water Tower” is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated farming regions. Glacier melt may temporarily soften the crisis around the 2060s, but without changes in water use, researchers expect depletion to accelerate afterward.

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