Asian Water Tower Drying Fast | Science News

The Asian Water Tower is drying up fast—losing 24.2 billion tons of groundwater yearly—with the worst impacts hitting farming regions downstream. Scientists used AI and satellite data from 2003 to 2020 to track the decline, revealing that two-thirds of the region has seen falling water levels. While climate change drives melting ice, human demand—especially for irrigation since 2010—is accelerating depletion. A brief reprieve may come from increased glacier melt in the 2060s, but without major shifts in water use, long-term collapse looms. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/5bf620f08b35b623