The map on the left shows countries suffering from increasingly extreme water stress this decade (red & dark brown).
The map on the right shows countries whose groundwater will start running out this decade (yellow) or soon after (light green).
We need solidarity for survival.
The map on the right shows countries whose groundwater will start running out this decade (yellow) or soon after (light green).
We need solidarity for survival.
By 2025, it is estimated that around 5 billion people, out of a total population of around 8 billion, will be living in countries experiencing water stress.
By 2030 4 billion will live with high water stress. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
By 2030 4 billion will live with high water stress. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Already today, 2 billion people live in countries with extremely high water stress.
The water stress image comes from this 2018 UNWater tweet:
The groundwater image comes from the Carbon Brief article in this thread.
This graphic from the WRI article on water stress to be found earlier in this thread shows regions in North and South America as well as Australia also suffering from extremely high water stress today.
This recent scientific study paints a disturbing picture of severe groundwater-related problems within two decades.
The increasing scarcity of fresh drinking water.
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