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The long arms of pivot irrigation rigs deliver water from the Ogallala Aquifer to circular fields of corn in northwestern Kansas. A new study suggests many of the world's rivers and streams could dry up because people are draining underground aquifers tha

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Irrigation For Farming Could Leave Many Of The World's Streams and Rivers Dry

7:28pm October 02, 2019

by Dan Charles

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.

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A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado.

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To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

5:43pm November 18, 2017

by Luke Runyon

The recent drought in the West forced people to take a hard look at how they use water. In Colorado, some farmers tried an experiment: make their water more expensive without hurting business.

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, used a pair of satellites to measure water use in the world's aquifers.

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NASA Satellites Show World's Thirst For Groundwater

6:25pm June 17, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

New data suggest that many regions in the world are overusing their underground water supplies. And researchers aren't sure how much remains.