Hacker News with Generative AI: Water Resources

Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 (nasa.gov)
Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a recent study led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

Climate Change, Water Resources, Environmental Science, Coastal Areas

37 points by geox 18 days ago | 1 comments

Quantification of record-breaking subsidence in California's San Joaquin Valley (nature.com)
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, groundwater overdraft has caused dramatic and continued land subsidence during two main periods, 1925–1970 (“the historic period”) and post-2006.

Environmental Science, Geology, California, Water Resources

5 points by Stratoscope 53 days ago | 1 comments

Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red (nytimes.com)
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.

Climate Change, Water Resources, South America

79 points by Petiver 55 days ago | 84 comments

-8% GDP by 2050 due to world water crisis; >50% of food production at risk (eurekalert.org)

Climate Change, Water Resources, Food Security, Economics

7 points by gnabgib 88 days ago | 0 comments

Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 (theguardian.com)
More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.

Climate Change, Water Resources, Food Security, Environmentalism

13 points by zhengiszen 90 days ago | 4 comments

Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? (phys.org)

Climate Change, Water Resources, Colorado River, Snowpack

90 points by wglb 152 days ago | 67 comments

Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years (npr.org)

International Relations, Water Resources, Mexico, United States, Treaties

7 points by pseudolus 154 days ago | 1 comments

What happens to US food production if the groundwater runs out altogether? (nytimes.com)

Agriculture, Water Resources, Climate Change, Food Security, United States

7 points by eigenhombre 166 days ago | 1 comments

The depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer in Western Kansas (kansasreflector.com)

Environmental Issues, Water Resources, Agriculture, Kansas

81 points by speckx 202 days ago | 70 comments

East Coast has a giant offshore freshwater aquifer (arstechnica.com)

Freshwater, Aquifers, East Coast, Geology, Water Resources

37 points by PaulHoule 232 days ago | 24 comments