Risks from solar-powered groundwater irrigation

Science. 2024 Jan 19;383(6680):256-258. doi: 10.1126/science.adi9497. Epub 2024 Jan 18.

¹ Environment Global Practice, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
² Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
³ University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.
⁵ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Water Practice, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁸ Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
⁹ International Water Management Institute, Anand, Gujarat, India.
¹⁰ International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
¹¹ International Water Management Institute, Accra, Ghana.
¹² Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
¹³ Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA.
¹⁴ State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
¹⁵ University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.

Abstract

Emissions reductions may not meet expectations, and groundwater use will likely increase.