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The market and nature. Groundwater depletion: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/groundwater-decline-and-depletion?qt-science_cente
by rgbrenner 7y ago
The market and nature. Groundwater depletion:
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/groundwater-decline-and-depletion?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/scie...
And this can't be entirely restored.. since when water is removed, the cavities in the dirt/rock that held the water collapse, and they can't be refilled (for example).
Making the midwest more sustainable would be a good thing.
- iamshs 7y agoPunjab is another example of severe groundwater depletion. Experts here say that growing Basmati rice through groundwater is an unwise endeavour, as we are exporting a future valuable for pennies. Now government is recommending Corn to be planted, I guess I will forward them this link.
- devoply 7y agoThat's the thing, the developed countries are so arrogant about how much better they do things than the third world, but if you look a bit closer it's the same shit different supposedly developed country.
- agsilvio 7y agoSo you're saying that the US is in reality no more developed than a developing ("third world") country?
- throwaway-hn123 7y agoSo you're saying that you can't parse English very well and that you also like to misconstrue what other people are saying.
- petre 7y agoAlso topsoil depletion. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/30/topsoil-farming-agriculture-food-toxic-america https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/201...