boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGroundwater depletion accelerating in many parts of the world, study findsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down11
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkGroundwater depletion accelerating in many parts of the world, study findsenglish.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoIs almost like concentrating so much of our population and our agriculture in the desert is a bad idea. Yeah the weather sucks in my part of the country and the only thing that grows here is corn and soybeans but we have an excess of water.
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoOther things grow, but corn and soybeans are heavily subsidised (not to mention genetically modified).
Is almost like concentrating so much of our population and our agriculture in the desert is a bad idea. Yeah the weather sucks in my part of the country and the only thing that grows here is corn and soybeans but we have an excess of water.
Other things grow, but corn and soybeans are heavily subsidised (not to mention genetically modified).