groundwater depletion

基本解释

Today – groundwater depletion and how it’s affecting global food production.
今天的话题是地下水资源枯竭及其对全球粮食生产的影响。
"The food that I eat is connected through global trade to groundwater depletion in another part of the world, " Bierkens said.
“我吃的食物就是通过全球贸易与世界另一个地区的地下水枯竭紧密相连，”比尔肯斯说。
And Yemen shows that trading in the absence of proper regulation can actually add to groundwater depletion, as has happened around the city of Ta’iz.
而也门（的经验）则表明，对交易缺乏合理的监管实际上增加了地下水的消耗，正如在塔伊兹发生的情况那样。

The lack of effective governance is cited as one of the main causes of groundwater depletion, aquifer pollution and possibly inequitable allocation.
UNESCO: World’s groundwater resources are suffering from poor governance, experts say United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
And there are other water-related questions to be addressed, including possible changes to the monsoons and massive depletion of groundwater.
ECONOMIST: Glaciers and the IPCC