Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Forecasters say the chances of a wet El Niño winter seem less likely, dashing hopes that rain will provide relief for the parched West.
That puts more pressure on a source of water that's already deeply taxed, not only in the West, but around the world: groundwater.
Groundwater accounts for as much as a third of total water use worldwide.
For a look at the state of groundwater depletion and what that means for global water security, Take Two turns to Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.