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Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out at an Unprecedented Rate, Study Warns

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Jess Cockerill

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Fresh water is vanishing from the land beneath our feet, and much of it is flowing into the sea. A sweeping new study finds that drying continents are now adding more to rising oceans than melting ice sheets — a shift fueled by climate change and relentless groundwater pumping. From Central America to Central Asia, reservoirs, rivers, and aquifers are being drained faster than they can recover. The warning is clear: protecting groundwater may be as urgent as cutting emissions.

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Jess Cockerill

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