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Humans have pumped so much groundwater, we’ve shifted Earth’s axis

Changes in the distribution of groundwater around the planet between 1993 and 2010 were enough to make Earth's poles drift by 80 centimetres

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A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

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Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

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People in Cape Town, South Africa, refill water bottles at Newlands Spring in January 2018 amid the city's drought

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Rich people use so much water that it is threatening the global supply

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US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

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The newly discovered Moai statue found on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island

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Moai statue discovered in a dried-up lake on Easter Island

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Dry ground in a former lagoon

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Rare triple-dip La Niña is mostly to blame for South America's drought

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How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought

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Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

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Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system

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Aerial view of ancient Maya city Chichen Itza

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US megadrought could upend life as we know it – just look to history

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An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the world's second largest salt flat and the largest lithium deposit currently in production, with over a quarter of the world's known reserves, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013. SQM fertilizer company has fired its chief executive after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Picture taken January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EB3I04EU01

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Drought, not lithium mining, is drying out Chile's largest salt flat

Lithium mining has been blamed for the drying out of a region in the Andes where the metal is naturally found – but drought may be the culprit instead

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What is causing the megadroughts in North and South America?

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Industrial Revolution may have been kick-started by drought

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Shocking images show scale of megadrought devastation in North America

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How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won't say

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