Peter GleickDec 22, 2022

Massive accelerating groundwater overdraft in California’s Central Valley as drought worsens.
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Groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley accelerates during megadrought | Nature Communications
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35582-x#Fig4

Groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley accelerates during megadrought - Nature Communications

Liu et al. used the NASA GRACE/FO missions to show that since 2019, groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley has accelerated by 31% compared to recent droughts, and has increased by a nearly a factor of 5 compared to the 60-year average.

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@petergleick This includes the Northern Central Valley (N Sac Valley) where all-time low water levels are occurring. https://sgma.water.ca.gov/CalGWLive/#groundwater
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