This isn't news. My parents have a farm in northern Rajasthan. They use only groundwater for irrigation. Every few years since the early 80s, they've had to dig deeper and deeper wells because the wells keep running dry.<p>On the other hand, in Western Rajasthan, due to the canal coming down from Punjab, the groundwater is only a few feet deep in places; the land has become waterlogged.
Appears to be a 2009 article. Nonetheless it is a fact that people keep forgetting about. Our focus continues to be on the monsoon.
If none, blame the gods.
If it rains...enjoy. Harvesting, what?
it's mind-blowing how they can measures such subtle changes in the earth's gravitational field, AND they're already using this to acquire practical data
Even South Indian agricultural practices are not much different. As of now there is big water shortage in Hyderabad and I think South India also will also showup in NASA's next year pictures. Very depressing, and lets hope this will ring some bells and wake up some people.
I don't know why NASA is tracking these levels in India, but this is a huge wakeup call for the region and will help prevent a potential crisis (including economic crisis for India). These regions constitute a majority of agricultural regions in India.