Signs From Earth

VISA pour i'image 2014 Portfolio Reviews

Attention Photographers Attending VISA pour l'image 2014:

 

Picture editors from National Geographic will be reviewing portfolios in Perpignan at the Palais de Congres. Dennis Dimick and Todd James will be on the 7th floor Wednesday (9/3) and Thursday (9/4) from 1330 to 1630 and Friday (9/5) from 1300-1500.  

 

If you wish to make a 10-minute appointment, please contact Jake Rutherford, who is handling all scheduling. He can be found here on Facebook or on Twitter @jakerrutherford . 

Earth Signs: Water's Invisible Crisis: Aquifers and an Unsustainable Future

Tracy, California: On the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, June 2014. Groundwater drilling has increased in California's Central Valley to keep fields green during drought. Photo by Dennis Dimick

As surface water supplies in drought-prone regions disappear, we pump water from underground aquifers to make up the shortfall. Groundwater serves as our last defense against water scarcity, but this supply is also rapidly shrinking in several regions: California's Central Valley, the Colorado River Basin, the U.S. Great Plains, northern India, China's North Plain and the Middle East.

I write about this at National Geographic this week. Please take a look. 

If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained

And if you have not seen, my July 15 article at National Geographic looks at drought in the pantheon of attention paid to environmental issues: 

Storms Get Headlines, But Drought is a Sneaky, Devastating Game-Changer