Unprecedented large-scale aquifer recovery through human intervention

Abstract Groundwater depletion is a critical global challenge, particularly in intensively cultivated drylands, with few documented cases of successful recovery. Here, we report a striking reversal of long-term groundwater decline in the North China Plain, one of the world’s most severely depleted a...

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Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Di Long, Yuancheng Xu, Yingjie Cui, Yanhong Cui, James J. Butler, Liang Dong, Longfeng Wang, Dongyong Liu, Yoshihide Wada, Litang Hu, Guoying Bai, Binghua Li, Shufang Wang, Xizhi Nong, Yang Cai, Chunsheng Cheng, Yuhan Mu, Yu Qiao, Jianhua Wang, Hao Wang, Bridget R. Scanlon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62719-5