Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Billions of lives around the world depend on the groundwater that runs beneath our feet. But groundwater extraction on this scale has consequences: sinking cities, dying rivers, contaminated water supplies. Is our thirst for water bleeding the planet dry?
Anthony Acciavatti’s ‘Groundwater Earth' is on display in our new free exhibition Thirst: In Search of Freshwater.
Alt text: This video opens with scenes of the city Jakarta in Indonesia, a dense modern metropolis of skyscrapers and motorways. It cuts quickly between aerial views of the city, images of rising sea-levels, and scientific visualisations of the global consequences of groundwater extraction. #climatechange #indonesia #jakarta #water #crisis
Billions of lives around the world depend on the groundwater that runs beneath our feet. But groundwater extraction on this scale has consequences: sinking cities, dying rivers, contaminated water supplies. Is our thirst for water bleeding the planet dry?
Anthony Acciavatti’s ‘Groundwater Earth' is on display in our new free exhibition Thirst: In Search of Freshwater.
Alt text: This video opens with scenes of the city Jakarta in Indonesia, a dense modern metropolis of skyscrapers and motorways. It cuts quickly between aerial views of the city, images of rising sea-levels, and scientific visualisations of the global consequences of groundwater extraction. #climatechange #indonesia #jakarta #water #crisis
