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Groundwater depletion and ‘virtual water’

Groundwater loss in cubic liters per year…..Credit: American Geophysical Union Of the most useful water for humans, groundwater – water that flows or resides underground – comprises about 30% of the total. Another 1% is surface water. The rest is water locked in glaciers and polar ice caps. As you might expect, it’s difficult to [...]
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