Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows
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A farmer plows his irrigated cotton field in Gujarat, India. Image credit: Meha Jain, University of Michigan. Study: Warming temperatures exacerbate groundwater depletion rates in India A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures b
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Original Title: Farmers in India have adapted to rising temperatures by increasing groundwater withdrawal for irrigation. More than one-third of India’s 1.4 billion people may be at risk of losing their way of life due to reduced water availability due to groundwater depletion and climate change.