A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

“Groundwater drilled by people, used for agriculture or urban supplies and then discarded into drainages now contributes more water to the oceans than melting from each of the world’s largest ice caps.”

  • KühlschrankEnglish
    7•2 days ago

    This is another level of waste. It’s so depressing that we as a society have no sense of where the things we use go when we’re done with them.