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Resilient groundwater | Greenhouse gas

Posted by: Global Perspectives

Date: Friday, 09 August 2019

 

Editor's note

Oceans of freshwater lie beneath the surface of the African continent – 20 times the amount that's stored above ground in lakes and rivers. And, despite the globe's changing climate, there's good news about this hidden stash: African groundwater reserves look surprisingly resilient despite rising temperatures and shifting weather norms, write Mark Cuthbert and Richard Taylor. Unfortunately, though, the news isn't as nearly as positive when it comes to how agriculture, forestry and land clearing are driving up greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Howden explains.

Jack Marley

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A woman draws water from a well in Wereta, Ethiopia. Milosk50/Shutterstock

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Mark O. Cuthbert, Cardiff University; Richard Taylor, UCL

Good news – underground aquifers could be a reliable source of drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa even as the climate warms.

Farming emits greenhouse gases, but the land can also store them. Johny Goerend/Unsplash

UN climate change report: land clearing and farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases

Mark Howden, Australian National University

The world has no hope of reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement without seriously reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry and land clearing.

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