It is long known that aquifers in areas as diverse as northern China, the Upper Ganges and the western US are being depleted, and new research extends these problems to aquifers in Iran, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
ɪɾ ɪz lˈɔŋ nˈoʊn ðæt ˈækwɪfɚz ɪn ˈɛɹiəz æz daɪvˈɜːs æz nˈɔːɹðɚn tʃˈaɪnə, ðɪ ˌʌpɚ ɡˈændʒᵻz ænd ðə wˈɛstɚn jˌuːˈɛs ɑːɹ bˌiːɪŋ dᵻplˈiːɾᵻd, ænd nˈuː ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ ɛkstˈɛndz ðiːz pɹˈɑːbləmz tʊ ˈækwɪfɚz ɪn ɪɹˈæn, mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ ænd sˈaʊdi ɚɹˈeɪbiə.