Earth’s landmasses lost trillions of tons of water this century

Earth’s landmasses lost trillions of tons of water this century

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

Earth's land masses retain much less water than before – and this loss is not only due to the melting of ice caps. Land-based water storage, which includes water in underground aquifers, lakes, rivers, and tiny pores spaces in the ground, denied by billions of tons of water, is a major source of [...]