ICYMI: The Drying Planet. “…Earth’s most essential resource is quickly disappearing… In most places there is less precipitation... More than anything, Earth is being slowly dehydrated by the unmitigated mining of #groundwater, which underlies vast proportions of every continent. Nearly 6 billion people…live in the 101 countries…confronting a net decline in #water supply — portending enormous challenges for food production &…risk of conflict & instability…” | ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
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🦠 Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-microbes-groundwater-methane-curbing-global.html
#methane #carbon #climatechange #groundwater #microbes #microbiome #biology #ecology
🦠 Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-microbes-groundwater-methane-curbing-global.html
#methane #carbon #climatechange #groundwater #microbes #microbiome #biology #ecology
In recent months, #EPA scientists have contributed to studies in scientific journals on subjects such as #PFAS & #microplastics in urban sewer overflows, comparisons of different methods for testing #DrinkingWater for #lead, & #groundwater #pollution by naturally occurring #arsenic.
Details about the *review process* remain unclear.
#Trump #PublicHealth #Climate #water #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw