In one place or another, we already clearly notice that groundwater levels are now dropping significantly. But finding a solution to the problem is not that easy, because the reasons for our water problem are manifold.
Could we in Germany or Brandenburg soon run out of water if we do nothing? Where is our groundwater level at the moment? What role does climate change play? What does the new factory of the car manufacturer Tesla in Grünheide have to do with it? How much longer can we swim in the lake around the corner? And most importantly, what can we do to help groundwater supplies recover?
Hosts Sibylle and Julia ask Prof. Gunnar Lischeid these and other questions in podcast episode #13. He is a professor of landscape water balance at the University of Potsdam and head of the “Data Analysis & Simulation” research platform at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e. V.
“I would like to see politicians get to the root of the problem: and that is climate change. If we don’t get to grips with that, we’re just doctoring the symptoms.”
- Prof. Gunnar Lischeid, Professor of Landscape Water Management
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