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The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point

Groundwater depletion from shallow and deep aquifers due to overextraction and seawater intrusion are rapidly drying up freshwater resources in the Cauvery delta. Large-scale groundwater recharge campaigns to raise awareness and aid the recovery of water levels are urgently needed.

Yangxiao Zhou

Veena Srinivasan

Tibor Stigter

Andres Verzijl

Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 11:31 PM

Deltas around the world are under threat. Recent research shows that around 85 percent of the deltas of the world are shrinking.

What are deltas

Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)

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