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