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World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions (phys.org)

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Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of global water bankruptcy, inviting world leaders to facilitate "honest, science-based adaptation to a new reality."

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So we should stop letting tech companies and water sellers steal it for Penny's on the millions of gallons, eh?! Sounds like a damn good place to start