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Many of Earth’s groundwater basins run deficits
Science News, June 2015Climate and human consumption are parching Earth’s groundwater basins at an alarming rate, a new study finds. Of Earth’s 37 biggest groundwater basins, 21 now lose more water annually than they take in, researchers report in a paper to be published in Water Resources Research.
Adapted for Science News for Students.