Great Plains farmers consider switching crops as aquifer runs out of water

Great Plains farmers consider switching crops as aquifer runs out of water

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.

Groundwater disaster deepens in Karnataka’s exhausting rock terrain

Stretching throughout a lot of peninsular India, the Deccan Plateau hides a silent, subterranean struggle. Beneath its sunbaked soil lie historical, fractured layers of basalt and granite — exhausting rock aquifers that dominate the area’s groundwater story. In Karnataka, this rocky actuality is sort of absolute: about 99% of the State depends on these stubbornly unyielding formations for its water wants. With restricted porosity and a dependenc…

Great Plains farmers consider switching crops as aquifer runs out of water - EnviroLink Network

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.