The #AngloSaxon capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. #BigOil has been its undertaker, b/c #BigOilKnew.
If capitalism hadn't made the #GreenRevolution possible, human society would already have reached the #overshoot (1) point at the end of the last century:
In 1968, the #biologists Paul and Anne #Ehrlich wrote the book The #PopulationBomb"...
Living in Scotland shortages are difficult to imagine. At the same time, travelling or just watching what is happening in southern Europe and England it is obvious that a crisis is growing. And then there is the rest of the world. #Aquifers are being exhausted, and trivial and frivolous use of water grows (the craze for ‘#AI' image generation being an example). #Environment
Some of #groundwater depletion is on climate change, but often that comes on top of a long history of mismanagement.
"That, he told The Hill, was the biggest thing about his findings that surprised him: Given “clever, locally relevant interventions, with adequate scope and scale — we can make things better.”
“Groundwater depletion is not inevitable,” he said. "
In about 1/3 of the 542 aquifers where researchers were able to analyze several decades of data, they found that depletion has been more severe in the 21st century than in the last 20 years. In most cases, it’s happening in places that have received less rainfall over time. Aquifers located in drylands with large farm industries, places such as northern Mexico, parts of Iran & southern California, are particularly vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion. #Water https://apnews.com/article/groundwater-depletion-aquifer-drought-water-agriculture-591dca73469eff4ceeff72442bc2c2c6
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being 👉depleted across the world👈, and in 👉many places faster than in the past 40 years👈, according to a new study that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion."
In fact #IDF is literally blowing up every tunnel entry they find on sight...
#Egypt used to pump #Seawater into those tunnels but stopped after protests pointing out this does salten the already overstrained #Aquifers used to pump #freshwater from...
" Distinct from "#climate#TippingPoints" signifying when major changes to the climate system become unstoppable, #RiskTippingPoints "are not always physical, and #ClimateChange is just one of the many drivers of risk," the report explains.
A risk tipping point is the moment at which a given socioecological system is no longer able to buffer risks and provide its expected functions, after which the risk of catastrophic impacts to these systems increases substantially."
"Other #RiskTippingPoints covered by the report were the depletion of [#aquifers;] the point when #water supplies from melting mountain #glaciers start to decline; when Earth’s orbit becomes so full of debris that one collision with a satellite sets off a chain reaction; when #heatwaves pass the point when natural sweating can cool the human body; and when losses of interdependent wildlife species snowball into the collapse of an #ecosystem."