Irrigation For Farming Could Leave Many Of The World's Streams and Rivers Dry
A new study shows many of the world's streams and rivers could dry up because people are draining underground aquifers that sustain streams through dry periods. Climate change won't help matters.
by Dan Charles
Oct 02, 2019
2 minutes
Something odd is happening to streams and rivers on the high plains of Kansas and Colorado. Some have disappeared.
"We would go and visit these streams, and in many cases it's like a dirt bike channel. It's no longer functioning as a stream," says , a
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