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We rely heavily on groundwater – but pumping too much threatens thousands of underground species

By Mattia Saccò, Lecturer in ecology, Curtin University
Robert Reinecke, Professor, Earth systems modelling, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Stefano Mammola, Researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology, National Research Council (CNR)

What happens underground doesn’t stay underground. If we overexploit groundwater and kill off its species, we put surface species – including us – at risk.

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